2029-2028 The word the Silver Ribbon applies to the Ohio and Erie Canal. This thin thread averaging no more than the width of 40 feet and 308 miles in length was barely a thread on the scale of things. It acquired the name the Silver Ribbon because it brought prosperity to our state. This name never really caught on but back in its time. The name the Silver Ribbon was used more in a more of a legislative capacity back then. There are some stories that refer to it by that name.
2071- The Barberton Shanty town yet has remnants which are left behind.The later of the shanty town was located between the Tuscarawas and the towpath basically on the canal's eastern bank. Before the railroads arrived the make shift homes lined both sides of the canal. What i've found are multiples of fire pits lined with old busted tiles from the American pipe and sewer pipe company that sat on the canal these pits served as a heat supply as well as a way to cook. They are nunerous and very close together which leads me to believe that the shanties were in big numbers. the shanties posed a threat to Barberton and the surrounding area because of the trouble that centered from it. In the 50s the area was purposely set ablaze to eradicate this growing problem. Today, there are many places back in there which you can still find charred and burnt timbers that made up these small homes.
2150 the two postings above are 2149 and 2148. Let’s go with you measurements in posting 2149, they are dead on if we’re talking about lock 4 between Massillon and Canal Fulton. Not all locks are created equal or exact. One thing for sure, the generally got the width correct. Length can vary up to a foot. Let’s see just how much boat will actually fit this lock mentioned. We have 84 feet and change between the Whaler post, and the doors do pitch upstream with an angle of five feet. Now the lower side had a minus of 5 feet, thus reduces the inner chamber to 79 feet. But wait, we just gained five feet on the inside pitch of the upper doors. Does that give us back the 84 feet? Not hardly, and why? Because there’s a shelf, let’s call it the upper dam that protrudes back into the chamber actually further than the door post, maybe by a foot. All this said, we have a chamber of 78 feet to operate the boat, be it lifting or lowering. I believe a boat of 80 plus feet would fit as long as the chamber didn’t empty, if so, “what a nose dive with its aft stuck on the shelf”. But we’re all forgetting and are overlooking an obvious situation, and that’s the rudder which hangs back five additional feet. But any good boatman knows the first thing to do when docked within a lock, and that’s to push the tiller bar, steer bar, all the way starboard or portside to make clearance, if not something will be snapped off. But here’s a real interesting fact, or facts. In Canal Fulton we have a replica canal boat, the Saint Helena II and also an operational boat, the Helena III. The II is 64 feet 4 inches, the III measures out about 59 feet both with a protruding rudder of maybe 5 feet. There may have been some longer boats, but not by much.
2167: I have hundreds of questions posted on my Email which need answered. I will begin this and get caught up. A question arrived from a Coshocton resident who neither has little history of his town, nor is ever has been taught in school about its past. There’s way too much to say on this history lesson so I’ll answer his concern. (Question)- Was it Coshocton or Roscoe Village picked to be the Muskingum River connection before the canals arrival? (Answer) The town and village are surely separated by the three rivers of the Tuscarawas, Walhonding and the Muskingum. These were actual barriers and the entire reason why Coshocton laid east of the canal. Roscoe Village was more of a canal born town and made famous by Capt Pearl Nye and his music. Although, it offered acres of open water which moored many boats, some of these boats are still there, resting forever on its bottom. Like Akron, Roscoe Village was a collection place for the unwanted, many of the workers settled in there after the canal was completed. The crime wave and the saloon life were staggering with often having bodies floating down its rivers and canals. Like Circleville, Roscoe Village was loaded with prostitution and drunken rowdiness and murder. On that last sentence alone will tell you that Coshocton was real happy about being off and away from Roscoe Village. Several toll bridges separated the two and if you were IRISH, the chance of getting into to Coshocton was very minimal. Shop windows had signs warning the Irish to stay away. On another note, Coshocton was once supposed to be a navigational connection on the Muskingum River to Marietta. Some of the dockage can still today be found where a great cut out in the river was hand dug for the boats to moor, but strangely enough the docks were on the opposite side facing Roscoe. A great wall still spans from the river yet today which outlines some of the dockage, this can be found on SR16 a half a mile from Roscoe towards Adams Mill.
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2029-2028 The word the Silver Ribbon applies to the Ohio and Erie Canal. This thin thread averaging no more than the width of 40 feet and 308 miles in length was barely a thread on the scale of things. It acquired the name the Silver Ribbon because it brought prosperity to our state. This name never really caught on but back in its time. The name the Silver Ribbon was used more in a more of a legislative capacity back then. There are some stories that refer to it by that name.
2071-
The Barberton Shanty town yet has remnants which are left behind.The later of the shanty town was located between the Tuscarawas and the towpath basically on the canal's eastern bank. Before the railroads arrived the make shift homes lined both sides of the canal. What i've found are multiples of fire pits lined with old busted tiles from the American pipe and sewer pipe company that sat on the canal these pits served as a heat supply as well as a way to cook. They are nunerous and very close together which leads me to believe that the shanties were in big numbers. the shanties posed a threat to Barberton and the surrounding area because of the trouble that centered from it. In the 50s the area was purposely set ablaze to eradicate this growing problem. Today, there are many places back in there which you can still find charred and burnt timbers that made up these small homes.
2150 the two postings above are 2149 and 2148.
Let’s go with you measurements in posting 2149, they are dead on if we’re talking about lock 4 between Massillon and Canal Fulton. Not all locks are created equal or exact. One thing for sure, the generally got the width correct. Length can vary up to a foot. Let’s see just how much boat will actually fit this lock mentioned. We have 84 feet and change between the Whaler post, and the doors do pitch upstream with an angle of five feet. Now the lower side had a minus of 5 feet, thus reduces the inner chamber to 79 feet. But wait, we just gained five feet on the inside pitch of the upper doors. Does that give us back the 84 feet? Not hardly, and why? Because there’s a shelf, let’s call it the upper dam that protrudes back into the chamber actually further than the door post, maybe by a foot. All this said, we have a chamber of 78 feet to operate the boat, be it lifting or lowering. I believe a boat of 80 plus feet would fit as long as the chamber didn’t empty, if so, “what a nose dive with its aft stuck on the shelf”. But we’re all forgetting and are overlooking an obvious situation, and that’s the rudder which hangs back five additional feet. But any good boatman knows the first thing to do when docked within a lock, and that’s to push the tiller bar, steer bar, all the way starboard or portside to make clearance, if not something will be snapped off. But here’s a real interesting fact, or facts. In Canal Fulton we have a replica canal boat, the Saint Helena II and also an operational boat, the Helena III. The II is 64 feet 4 inches, the III measures out about 59 feet both with a protruding rudder of maybe 5 feet. There may have been some longer boats, but not by much.
2167: I have hundreds of questions posted on my Email which need answered. I will begin this and get caught up. A question arrived from a Coshocton resident who neither has little history of his town, nor is ever has been taught in school about its past. There’s way too much to say on this history lesson so I’ll answer his concern. (Question)- Was it Coshocton or Roscoe Village picked to be the Muskingum River connection before the canals arrival? (Answer) The town and village are surely separated by the three rivers of the Tuscarawas, Walhonding and the Muskingum. These were actual barriers and the entire reason why Coshocton laid east of the canal. Roscoe Village was more of a canal born town and made famous by Capt Pearl Nye and his music. Although, it offered acres of open water which moored many boats, some of these boats are still there, resting forever on its bottom. Like Akron, Roscoe Village was a collection place for the unwanted, many of the workers settled in there after the canal was completed. The crime wave and the saloon life were staggering with often having bodies floating down its rivers and canals. Like Circleville, Roscoe Village was loaded with prostitution and drunken rowdiness and murder. On that last sentence alone will tell you that Coshocton was real happy about being off and away from Roscoe Village. Several toll bridges separated the two and if you were IRISH, the chance of getting into to Coshocton was very minimal. Shop windows had signs warning the Irish to stay away. On another note, Coshocton was once supposed to be a navigational connection on the Muskingum River to Marietta. Some of the dockage can still today be found where a great cut out in the river was hand dug for the boats to moor, but strangely enough the docks were on the opposite side facing Roscoe. A great wall still spans from the river yet today which outlines some of the dockage, this can be found on SR16 a half a mile from Roscoe towards Adams Mill.
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