(Tilia americana ) Several large basswood trees are located northwest of the Wheeling and Lake Erie RR trestle. They are often called bee trees because the early summer blooms draw bees which produce especially delicious … more
Welcome to ohiowaterways.com! If you are here, it is likely that you are working on a project with me and are contemplating making a contribution to the site.
Ohiowaterways describes life along the Ohio Canal and the Little Cuyahoga River that run through Akron, Ohio. The form of the site is an illustrated dictionary. The dictionary contains information about plants, animals, built things, organizations, and culture and landscape found along the canal and the river. The dictionary is open ended, that is, there can be more entries added and as many different kinds of illustrations of the entries as are presented by participants. A single definition can have many different illustrations. Some could be drawings, others photographs or videos.
If you have an idea for the site please contact me. If you have a definition or an illustration you may email it to me by using the address to the left.
Thank you,
Donna Webb
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Beech Street Steam Plant
The building located near the Innerbelt and Lock 10 was built in l926 and operated as a steam plant that provided heat for buildings in downtown Akron for many years. The site was originally occupied … more
Berea Sandstone
Used in the form of blocks to build the canal locks and in the form of wheels to grind grain at mills like the Cascade Mill. For many years the stone was quarried in the … more
Bird’s-eye
(Sagina procumbens) A tiny weed which grows abundantly on byrophyte-covered boulders just south of Lock 11.
Bitternut Hickory
(Carya cordiformis) One of the most common hickory trees, often seen along the Cuyahoga Valley. The nuts are so bitter, few animals eat them.
Black bear
(Ursus Americanus) A large carnivorous mammal with dense black fur, weighing in at about three hundred pounds. These were both a danger and a food source to early inhabitants along the canal.