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"Looking at Carroll" Part I Page 3
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William Tong’s house was the first house built in Carroll, on High Street at the end of Market Street. William and his brother Oliver built the first mill in the community, placing it near the stream west of the village. They also built and operated the first hotel, later owned by Ellsworth Heller. Unfortunately, William did not live to see the completion of the Lancaster Lateral or the development of Carroll; he died soon after the Ohio Canal was completed.
The Ohio Canal entered Carroll from the east and formed the northern boundary of the town as it was originally laid out. The principal business street running along this waterway was named Canal Street. On the north side of this street the business houses were built facing the street and with their back doors opening on the canal, thus facilitating the loading and unloading of freight. Near the center of town, at the point where the Hocking Canal joined the Ohio Canal, the latter made a sharp turn to the north so that the canals were roughly in the shape of a spread-out Y, with the Hocking Canal being the tail of the Y. The point where the two canals joined, which lies back of the present bank building, was called the Junction. Here stood a large business building, also called the Junction, with an outside stairway leading to living quarters on the second floor. Here the toll was collected and the teams crossed the Ohio Canal. Just south of this location was the turn bridge, to allow traffic on Canal Street to cross the Hocking Canal. South of this bridge was the basin of the Hocking Canal, which lay just back of the present post office.
The boats were pulled along the canal by horses or mules, fastened two to the boat by means of a long rope. The paths along which the animals and their drivers walked was called the towpath. The towpath of the Hocking Canal was on the east bank through the village, but changed over to the west bank at the southern edge of town.
At the northwest end of Canal Street was Lock number 9 of the Ohio Canal, known as the Upper Lock, and just above this lock was the basin of the Ohio Canal. On the southeast bank of this basin stood a mill built by J. C. Reynolds in 1849. This was run by water taken from the basin and dropped back into the canal below the Lower Lock. This business, known as the Carroll Flouring Mills, was purchased in 1872 by A. B. Kistler. For a time it was the largest mill in the county, with a capacity of 125 barrels of flour daily. Charles Kistler, Carroll’s present banker and a son of A. B. Kistler, recalls that his father used four stands of stones for flour, one for grinding corn and one for feed. Brand was considered a waste product in those days and a farmer was allowed all he wanted. The mill burned three times at this location. On the site of the mill now lies one of the old mill stones, about the sole reminder of this business.
On the west bank of this basin A. B. Kistler at one time had two warehouses. On the eastern end of the basin stood a warehouse owned by Saylor and Ebright. This was the original mill building which had been built by the town’s founder, William Tong, and moved to this location.
William Tong’s house was the first house built in Carroll, on High Street at the end of Market Street. William and his brother Oliver built the first mill in the community, placing it near the stream west of the village. They also built and operated the first hotel, later owned by Ellsworth Heller. Unfortunately, William did not live to see the completion of the Lancaster Lateral or the development of Carroll; he died soon after the Ohio Canal was completed.
The Ohio Canal entered Carroll from the east and formed the northern boundary of the town as it was originally laid out. The principal business street running along this waterway was named Canal Street. On the north side of this street the business houses were built facing the street and with their back doors opening on the canal, thus facilitating the loading and unloading of freight. Near the center of town, at the point where the Hocking Canal joined the Ohio Canal, the latter made a sharp turn to the north so that the canals were roughly in the shape of a spread-out Y, with the Hocking Canal being the tail of the Y. The point where the two canals joined, which lies back of the present bank building, was called the Junction. Here stood a large business building, also called the Junction, with an outside stairway leading to living quarters on the second floor. Here the toll was collected and the teams crossed the Ohio Canal. Just south of this location was the turn bridge, to allow traffic on Canal Street to cross the Hocking Canal. South of this bridge was the basin of the Hocking Canal, which lay just back of the present post office.
The boats were pulled along the canal by horses or mules, fastened two to the boat by means of a long rope. The paths along which the animals and their drivers walked was called the towpath. The towpath of the Hocking Canal was on the east bank through the village, but changed over to the west bank at the southern edge of town.
At the northwest end of Canal Street was Lock number 9 of the Ohio Canal, known as the Upper Lock, and just above this lock was the basin of the Ohio Canal. On the southeast bank of this basin stood a mill built by J. C. Reynolds in 1849. This was run by water taken from the basin and dropped back into the canal below the Lower Lock. This business, known as the Carroll Flouring Mills, was purchased in 1872 by A. B. Kistler. For a time it was the largest mill in the county, with a capacity of 125 barrels of flour daily. Charles Kistler, Carroll’s present banker and a son of A. B. Kistler, recalls that his father used four stands of stones for flour, one for grinding corn and one for feed. Brand was considered a waste product in those days and a farmer was allowed all he wanted. The mill burned three times at this location. On the site of the mill now lies one of the old mill stones, about the sole reminder of this business.
On the west bank of this basin A. B. Kistler at one time had two warehouses. On the eastern end of the basin stood a warehouse owned by Saylor and Ebright. This was the original mill building which had been built by the town’s founder, William Tong, and moved to this location.