A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913

This book is a profusely illustrated interpretation of life along Ohio's 19th-century canal system: the Miami & Erie Canal with its multiple feeders in central and eastern Ohio.Gieck recounts the efforts of people involved in the planning and building of the canal system and draws an admiring yet candid picture of the canalers who made their livelihood upon the canal waters.Designed in an oversized format, this beautiful volume will be welcomed by historians and engineers as well as by all those who find in the surviving canals a fascinating symbol of Ohio's heritage.

About the author

Jack Gieck is a retired engineer. He is past-president of the Canal Society of Ohio and founder of Cinemark, Inc., a producer of technical and historical films including the award-winning video series Ohio's Canal Era. He is also the author of Early Akron's Industrial Valley: A History of the Cascade Locks (Kent State University Press, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: Jack Giec, J. Gieck, Jack Gieck
• Assisted by: George W. Knepper (Editor)
• Publisher: The Kent State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1988
• EAN: 9780873383530
• ISBN: 978-0-87338-353-0
• No. of pages: 329
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 288 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 1433 g
• Series: Ohio; Ohio
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches