Description George Washington first proposed the idea of a Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Ohio-Mississippi River System in 1784.
Success was immediate,.
Completed a decade later, the 309-mile-long Ohio and Erie Canal connected Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Dover, Roscoe, Newark, Columbus, Circleville, Chillicothe, Waverly, and Portsmouth.
Inspired by the Erie Canal in New York, the State of Ohio began surveying routes in 1822 for its own grand internal improvement project.
Description George Washington first proposed the idea of a Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Ohio-Mississippi River System in 1784