Walhonding Canal
The Walhonding Canal was built between 1836 and 1842. The State of Ohio officially abandoned the canal in 1896, but the Walhonding Valley Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad - TC&OR Walhonding Branch) was built partly using the towpath in early 1890s.
The Ohio Canal Society will be touring the Walhonding Canal and the section of the Ohio & Erie Canal east to Newcomerstown on April 20-22, 2018.
Walhonding Canal traced in Google Maps (interactive map)
Walhonding Canal in light blue, Pennsylvania Railroad Walhonding & Dresden Branches in red
- Screen Shot: Mohawk Guard Lock - Head of Canal to Rochester
- Screen Shot: Walhonding - Locks 11 & 12
- Screen Shot: Mohawk Dam - Locks 9 & 10
- Screen Shot: Warsaw - Locks 6 & 7
- Screen Shot: 6 mile Dam - Locks 4, 5 & 6
- Screen Shot: Crooked Run
- Screen Shot: Roscoe - Triple Locks: 1, 2, & 3
Walhonding Canal Screen Shots with Digital Elevation Model
Walhonding Canal in light blue, Pennsylvania Railroad Walhonding & Dresden Branches in red
- Mohawk Guard Lock - Head of Canal to Rochester
- Walhonding - Lock 11 & 12
- Lock 10 & Mohawk Dam
- Warsaw - Lock 6 & 7
- Lock 4,5 & 6 - 6 mile dam
- Crooked Run
- Triple Locks (1, 2 & 3) near Roscoe
Reference Sources:
- 1872 Lake/Tutus Coshocton County Atlas (Public Libary of Cincinnati and Hamiltion County)
- 1881-1890 Plat Maps of Walhonding Canal (Ohio History Connection Archives Series 1353 BV4920).
Stations are measured in 100's of feet from head of canal. Station 142 = 14200 feet or 2.69 miles.- Sheet 1 station 0 to 142 (head of canal near Rochester) - canal boats could continue to Rochester (Cavallo) on Mohican River
- Sheet 2 station 142 to 246
- Sheet 3 station 246 to 338 (Walhonding)
- Sheet 4 station 338 to 433
- Sheet 5 station 433 to 540
- Sheet 6 station 540 to 639
- Sheet 7 station 639 to 767
- Sheet 8 station 767 to 853 (Warsaw - Lock 7)
- Sheet 9 station 853 to 983 (6 mile dam - Lock 5)
- Sheet 10 station 983 to 1089
- Sheet 11 station 1089 to 1208
- Sheet 12 station 1208 to 1263 (Triple Locks)
- Ohio Canal Lands Original Plat Maps (ODNR) The Walhonding Canal connected to the Ohio & Erie Canal on Coshocton County Map O&E106-16)
- 1940 aerials (Coshocton County Soil & Water Conservation District)
- Railroad Valuation Maps (Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society)
- Walhonding Branch Map 2 Triple Locks | Map 7 - lock 4 to 6 mile dam | Map 8 - old river bed | Map 16 Lock 10 | Map 18 Walhonding Locks
- 1909 Centennial History of Coshocton County
by William J. Bahmer
- Six Mile Dam photo (after reconstruction of feeder but before 1913 flood)
- Coshocton County Real Estate Records Online (interactive map)
