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The Lake Erie and Mad River Railroad, initially considered a company for a close relationship with the Little Miami, was absorbed into the competing New York Central system. The Little Miami's most serious competitor, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1895–1917), became part of the competitive Baltimore and Ohio system.
Most of the trail runs along the banks of the Little Miami River, in a dedicated, car-free corridor known as Little Miami State Park. This unusually linear state park passes through four counties, with a right-of-way running about 50 miles (80 km) long and averaging 66 feet (20 m) in width [7] for a total of about 400 acres (160 ha). Elsewhere ...
Just before crossing the river, the route passes under an old railroad bridge that now hosts the Little Miami Scenic Trail. Both US 50 and SR 28 cross over the Little Miami River and enters the City of Milford. The route curves southeast, before turning northeast, passing through the downtown area of Milford.
Watersheds of the Great Miami River (beige) and Little Miami River (yellow)The Little Miami River is a tributary of the Ohio River. It is part of a watershed that drains a 1,757 square miles (4,550 km 2) area in 11 southwestern Ohio counties: Clark, Montgomery, Madison, Greene, Warren, Butler, Clinton, Clermont, Brown, Hamilton, and Highland. [5]
Dayton and Toledo Railroad (defunct) Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad (converted to standard gauge) (defunct) Iron Railroad (4 ft 10 in (1,473 mm) Ohio gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 4 ft 10 in track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with 4 ft 10 in trackage) (defunct) Kings Island & Miami Valley ...
The name Five Rivers MetroParks comes from five major waterways that converge in Dayton. These waterways are the Great Miami River, Mad River, Stillwater River, Wolf Creek, and Twin Creek. Five Rivers MetroParks comprises more than 15,400 acres (62 km 2) and 25 facilities with a number of amenities and features.
The town of Lebanon, Ohio, laid out in 1802, was bypassed by the Miami and Erie Canal in 1830; the branch Warren County Canal to Lebanon was wrecked by flooding in 1848. The Little Miami Railroad (1846, later a Pennsylvania line) and Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (1851, later a B&O line) followed the valleys of the Little and Great Miami rivers (the M&E Canal had used the latter ...
Turtle Creek is a 13.7-mile-long (22.0 km) [1] tributary of the Little Miami River in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, [2] which takes its name from this creek. . Turtle Creek is named for Chief Little Turtle, of the Miami Indian Tribe [3] [4] Turtle Creek is a tributary within the Little Miami and Ohio River wate