Miami & Erie Canal Lock No. 37

By 1845 the Canal was open extending from the Miami River to Lake Erie in Toledo, then from Toledo, westward to Fort Wayne and Lafayette, Indiana. Commerce flourished along the canal until the 1850's when competition from the railroads emerged. Passenger boats were discontinued in 1862. By 1870 the Wabash and Erie Canal into Indiana was completely abandoned. The Miami and Erie lingered on until major repairs were authorized and completed between 1906 and 1909. Only to be all but destroyed by the floods of 1913. By 1917 most of the bridges across the canal in the Downtown were removed. The canal was gradually filled and drained. The remains of the north end of the Maumee and Erie Lock #37 have lain exposed, until partially renovated in 1997.