Talk:Miami and Erie Canal

Map
This article cries out for a map, or a link to a map


 * Done. --K4 pacific 06:19, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Lift locks and guard locks
I don't know what a "guard lock" is, but a "lift lock" is a rare and specialized kind -- a kind of "ship lift", like the Peterborough lift locks in Peterborough Ontario. -- Geo Swan 18:55, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)


 * Done! Link added, article on guard lock created. --K4 pacific 06:19, 14 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Canal locks are not lift locks. A lift lock is a rare and specialized kind of lock. In a lift lock vessels proceed into a caisson, a kind of basin, which is then lifted on a large elevator. See the Anderton Boat Lift.
 * There is a larger article on lift locks, with better pictures, in the French wikipedia. [unsigned]


 * A guard lock if I'm understanding what I've read completely isn't like a normal canal locks, they aren't used to raise and lower the boats like the normal locks would be throughout the rising and falling of the watershed level. They are actually in place where the canal meets feeds or rivers to keep the canal moving in its own path and not just moving with the river or feed path. They are also in place as a sort of emergency flood control as well. [unsigned]

Demise of Ohio canals; source recommendation
Of course, the outset of rail travel had to have been a factor since the quicker speed of trains was previously unknown. However, the canals sustained severe damage in 1913 and again in 1937 due to heavy rainfall and flooding.

A good book on the canals is Canal Days by Randolph Downes.

Musicwriter (talk) 21:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Heritage Museum map
An interesting topographical map showing the geography, path, and elevations of the entire canal is located in the Heritage Museum[1] located in the building housing the Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein, Ohio, a community located 6 miles (9.7 km) from the canal and just south of Grand Lake St. Marys." just because its an interesting map doesnt make it noteworthy, especially if there is not a link too it. Is this a unique map? Should be removed.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.69.121.11 (talk) 08:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * In the context of this article, it may well be noteworthy. Especially since the article doesn't provide this information itself. What other source of elevation and other information about the canal is there? It may not be all that useful to mention the map as a tourist attraction, but it would probably make a good source to use and cite.— SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 18:57, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Miami
The Miami Valley needs to be mentioned in the lead. Except for local Ohioans, virtually everyone in the world thinks of "Miami" as referring exclusively to a place in Florida. This article is thus confusing to many people until a whole lot of it is read, since the valley is not mentioned until quite a way into the article.— SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 18:57, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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