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=== Abandonment (1913) ===

on March 23, 1913, Ohio's canal system came to an abrupt end. After a winter of record snowfall, storms dumped an abnormally heavy amount of rain on the state. The flood caused the reservoirs to spill over into the canals, destroying aqueducts, washing out banks, and devastating most of the locks.

The 1913 flood caused widespread damage to Ohio's canal system. No economic justification existed to repair the damaged locks and ruptured embankments. The canal system was abandoned.

== Notable Persons Associated with the Canal ==