Note 40 — Chapter II
Reading edition
For description of the Falls of the Ohio and the early history of Louisville, see Croghan’s Journals, in our volume i, note 106. A company was chartered in 1818 to build a canal around the falls, but the work was not completed until December, 1830, under the direction of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, organized in 1825. After 1845, the stock was gradually purchased by the United States, which eventually became entire owner.—Ed.