Canal Society of Indiana posted In the 1830s, engineers on Indiana canals used two styles of aqueducts. Like the Romans they built stone piers on a solid foundation of either bedrock or on a platform of long timbers. On top of the piers a flume made of timber and lined with planks was built to create a watertight box to conduct the canal waters across a stream or river. This first type of aqueduct is called an Open Trunk Aqueduct. The attached drawing shows this style at the Aboite creek crossing in Allen County. |
Dennis DeBruler commented on the post Was the route of the "Old Railroad Grade" on this map actually the route of the canal? 1961 Arcola Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 Canal Society of Indiana: Dennis DeBruler No the canal ran behind the Scout Center along Eagle Marsh - Towpath Trail etc. The Interurban ran on the old towpath. [They must have misunderstood the question. But they answer why the cartographer thought it was an abandoned railroad --- the canal route was reused by an interurban railroad.] |
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