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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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the canal, for the purposeof building and operating thereon an electric railway fortowing canal boats. This franchise is good for thirty yearsfrom the beginning of operation, and requires that the canalshall be equipped from Cincinnati to Dayton within two andone-half years after the date of the grant, and from Dayton toToledo within four years thereafter. The franchise also pro-vides that the speed of towing shall not exceed 4 miles an hour,foreign boats must be towed for a reasonable charge, and theordinary operation of the canal must not be interfered with.All construction is made subject to the approval of the Boardof Public Works, and in case the franchise lapses or is aban-doned the owner may remove all his materials and apparatusfrom the canal lands. To carry on this work the Miami & Erie Canal Transporta-tion Company was organized and took over the franchise.The Cleveland Construction Company, of Akron, Ohio, wasengaged as engineers, and under its direction active work on
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VIEW ALONG CANAL, SHOWING LINE AND TRACK the Cincinnati-Dayton section, 68 miles long, was begun inJuly, 1901. This is nearly complete, and is now in operationfrom Cincinnati to Middletown, about 42 miles. THE CANAL Distance Width in feet DepthFrom To Miles Water line Bottom Feet Cincinnati Dayton 66 40 26 4 Dayton Junction 114 50 36 5 Junction Toledo 64 60 46 6 Cincinnati Toledo 244 There are ninety-five locks, 90 ft. long and 15 ft. wide, withwood swinging miter gates, operated by hand. There is butone summit level, which is 395 ft. above Lake Erie and 512 ft.above the Ohio River, and is 23 miles long, beginning 100miles north of Cincinnati. Three artificial lakes supply the high levels. The Lewistonand Loramie reservoirs, containing 9000 acres of water, feedthe summit level, and the Grand reservoir, containing 17,000acres, empties into the canal about 7 miles north of the summit,at St. Marys. Water is also received at a number of otherplaces from rivers. The canal once communicated

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