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A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal
Era, 1825-1913
A description of the two tunnels on the canal is on page
13; a brief history of the canal begins on page 200.
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A Traveler's Guide to
Historic Western Pennsylvania
Brief descriptions of two of the former locks is on page
119.
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Acts of a Local Nature Passed
at the Session of the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, Volume 34 – 1836
An amendment to the Act to incorporate the canal
company begins on page 472.
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Acts of the State of Ohio –
1829
An Act to authorize extension of the canal into
Pennsylvania begins on page 89.
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American Grit: A Woman's
Letters from the Ohio Frontier
A brief history of the canal begins on page 119.
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American Railroad Journal,
and Advocate of Internal Improvements, Volume 4 –
1835
A notice regarding the proposed canal is on page 339.
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American Railroad Journal,
Volume 6 – 1838
An engineer's report regarding the canal begins on page
597.
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An Historical Sketch of the
Old Village of New Lisbon, Ohio - 1903
An index of links referencing the canal in the document.
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Annual Reports of the War
Department – 1896
A brief description and history of the former canal is
on page 3002.
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Beaver County's Lock on the
Sandy-Beaver Canal
A
brief history and description of the canal and the
locks in the vicinity.
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Big Tunnel
A brief history and description of the structure.
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Canal Tunnels Historical
Marker
Photo of a marker in Columbiana County..
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Canals
for a Nation
A brief history of the canal is on
page 132.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical documents.
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Documents, Messages and Other
Communications, Made to the General Assembly, Volume
15, Part 1 – 1851
Some brief financial information about the canal is on
page 210.
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Executive Documents, Annual
Reports – 1861
A report on repairs required to the canal begins on page
373.
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Gaston's Mill-Lock No. 36,
Sandy and Beaver Canal District
A history and description of the mill and adjacent
lock. Current photos.
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Hazard's Register of
Pennsylvania, Volume 16 – 1836
The first annual report of the canal company begins on
page 247; a report regarding the choice of the western
terminus of the canal is on page 347; an excerpt of a
construction status report is on page 362.
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House Documents, Otherwise
Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d
Session-49th Congress, 1st Session – 1824-5
The Charter of the canal company begins on page 1; the
Act to incorporate the canal company begins on page 3;
an amendment to an Act relating to the canal begins on
page 10; instructions to the engineers begins on page
20.
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Journal of the Franklin
Institute – 1835
An article about the canal begins on page 38.
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Lake Erie Wine Country
A historical photo of one of the canal's aqueducts is on
page 61.
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Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Volume 10 – 1844
An Act authorizing extension of the canal into
Pennsylvania begins on page 231.
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Little Tunnel
A brief history and description of the structure.
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Lock 36 Historical Marker
Photo and text of
a marker in Columbiana County.
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Lusk Lock (Lock No. 27)
A brief history cnd description of the lock.
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Magnolia Flouring Mills
Current photo of a mill built during the time of the
canal.
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Mechanics' Magazine, and
Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 6 – 1835
A notice regarding the canal begins on page 22.
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Mitchell's Compendium of the
Internal Improvements of the United States – 1835
A description of the soon-to-be constructed canal begins
on page 70.
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Ohio: The Ohio Guide
A brief history and description of the canal is on page
419.
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Ohio History Journal
An
extensive history of the canal.
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Our History
A brief history of Hanover, the Spread Eagle Tavern and
their relationships to the canal. Historical and current
photos.
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Papers of the American
Historical Association, Volume 3 - 1889
A brief history of the canal begins on page 367.
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Railway Locomotives and Cars,
Volume 19 – 1846
An article about the canal begins on page 315.
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Register of Pennsylvania –
1835
An article about a meeting promoting the proposed canal
begins on page 59; an engineer's report begins on page
270.
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Report on the Sandy and
Beaver Canal – 1835
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Report to the Board of
Directors of the Sandy & Beaver Canal – 1846
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Reports, specifications, and
estimates of public works in the United States –
1841
Specifications for Dam No. 1 on the
canal begins on page 122; specifications for a
lock on the canal is on page 124.
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Revamping
History-
"The Sandy and Beaver Canal in Columbiana County,
OH" video
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Sandy & Beaver Canal
A brief description and history of the canal.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal
A brief history of the canal. Current
photos.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal
Maps
of the route of the canal in the Magnolia area.
Links to detailed descriptions of the locks in the
Western and Eastern Divisions. Links to related
sites.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal –
Canal Sites
A
brief history and description of the canal, and
information about Hanoverton, a historical town along
the canal route. Current photos
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Sandy & Beaver Canal -
Day 107
A
brief history of the canal. Current
photos.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal Lock
36
A brief history and description of the structure.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal Lock
38
Includes a brief history of the canal and a current
photo of the former lock.
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Sandy & Beaver Canal
Lockage Statistics – Eastward from Summit 
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Sandy & Beaver Canal
Lockage Statistics – Westward from Summit
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Sandy and Beaver Canal
A brief history and description of
the canal. Links to related sites.
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Sandy and Beaver Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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Sandy and Beaver Canal
A
brief history of the canal. Map and
current photos.
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Sandy and Beaver Canal Lock
39
Includes a brief history of the canal, description of
the lock and current photos.
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Supplement to the Revised
Statutes of the State of Ohio – 1884
An Act authorizing the state to purchase that portion of
the canal located in Ohio begins on page 434.
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Termination of the Sandy and
Beaver Canal
An 1835 newspaper article, confirming Bolivar to be the
termination point of the canal.
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The American Journal of
Science, Volume 31 – 1837
A brief description of the proposed canal is on page 57.
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The Journal of the Senate of
the State of Ohio, Volume 33 – 1834
A portion of a speech referencing the canal begins on
page 13; a report regarding a Memorial submitted to the
legislature begins on page 412; a message from the
Governor regarding the canals linking Ohio and
Pennsylvania begins on page 419; an engineering report
comparing the merits of the summits of the Sandy and
Beaver and the Licking Summit of the Ohio and Erie Canal
begins on page 458.
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The Sandy and Beaver Canal
A
brief history of the canal. Current photo,
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The Sandy and Beaver Canal -
1952
Link to the on-line text of the book.
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The Sandy and Beaver Canal Historical
Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Beaver
County, PA.
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The Sandy and Beaver Canal
Historical Marker
Photo and text marker in Carroll County.
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Water Resources Inventory
Report – 1917
A brief description of the canal is on page 44.
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