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HISTORY In , 1840 . P & O Canal history article from the Stow-Monroe Falls Library IMPACT As with other canals in the region, mules and horses pulled the canal boats that navigated the P & O. Using this and other canals, goods and passengers were ferried from Pittsburgh to Cleveland and Lake Erie . This contributed to trade between Northeast Ohio and other Eastern states making towns and villages along the canal larger and more prosperous. Some have also credited the canal with the development of the iron ore industry in the Mahoning Valley in Ohio. CLOSING With the arrival and expansion of railroads, use of the canal gradually diminished. All sections of the canal were abandoned by 1872 and the canal was officially closed in 1877 and all remaining property was sold off. P & O Canal history article Today, traces of the canal's bed remain in Munroe Falls , Ohio and downtown Kent, Ohio , where the Cuyahoga River runs through the former canal lock. A P & O Canal Aqueduct remains in southern Kent near Plum Creek. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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