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Groveport, Ohio covered bridge
Covered Bridge, Ohio & Erie Canal. Built in 1847, the covered bridge sat on high abutments to allow boats to pass easily underneath. It was replaced in 1887 by an iron turn bridge. Photo courtesy of Rick Palsgrove, Director of the Groveport Village Heritage Museum.
Groveport, Ohio, Dave Decker and wife, Elm Street, 1908.
Groveport, Ohio, Dave Decker and his wife taken on Elm Street in 1908. Photo courtesy of Rick Palsgrove, Director of the Groveport Village Heritage Museum.
Groveport, Ohio. Fishing on the Canal, 1908.
Fishing on the Canal, 1908. Fishing was a popular pastime, with the basin at Lock 22 considered a good location for catching black bass, while other parts of the canal yielded bullheads, rock bass, sunfish and carp. In 1893, a small break in the canal bank temporarily drained a portion of the canal and Groveport […]
Groveport, Ohio, Log House with historical marker
The Groveport, Ohio, Log House with historical marker. Photo courtesy of Rick Palsgrove, Director of the Groveport Village Heritage Museum.
Groveport, Ohio, Elementary School, 2002
Groveport Elementary School, 2002. Built in 1923 at a cost of $225,000, the three story brick building housed all 12 grades until the mid-1950’s. In 2009, the school and the adjacent junior high were awarded placement on the Federal Register of Historic Places for their unique architecture. Photo courtesy of Rick Palsgrove, Director of the […]