Posted May 10, 200817 yr Maumee is a suburb of Toledo with about 15,237 people. Its population peaked in the 70s and it has been slowly losing people since then.
May 10, 200817 yr CDawg gave me a nice little tour of Maumee and I was certainly impressed. I believe it had a nice Underground Railroad house towards the river. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 10, 200817 yr the best part of maumee is the old little former lockkeeper houses tucked between and behind the homes along the river. a friend of mine in college rented one. it was nice. some info about the canals: Canals/Locks On the main line of the canal from Providence to Manhattan there were nine locks each of which provided for raising or lowering boats. Their height varied from five to eight feet. All these locks were built of stone quarried at Marblehead on the Sandusky Peninsula , and brought in by lake ships. At Maumee, Toledo and Manhattan there were side cuts, or branch canals, which enabled boats to lock into the Maumee River. The side-cut at Maumee, running through what is now Side-Cut Park, was two and a half miles long and required six locks to reach the river level. There was more to canal digging than merely shoveling dirt. The line had first to be grubbed and cleared. This meant that all brush had to be cleared out, trees felled and the stumps pulled or blasted out. Digging with pick and shovel and wheelbarrows could then begin, but great care had to be taken to make the banks solid and secure. This meant that there should be no rubbish or loose dirt in any bank, and that all brooks should be made to drain away or be led under the canal by culverts. This was highly important because heavy rains could easily lead to undermining or washing away weak bank construction. One bank, of course, had to be specially prepared for the towpath. Finally, it was necessary to line or “puddle” the entire canal bed with clay to prevent erosion. http://www.maumee.org/recreation/historical.htm more ohio canal info: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6687/
May 10, 200817 yr Wow just wow the downtown area has not changed one iota since I grew up and moved away in the late 90's. Just a few comments. Great to see the Maumee Indoor Theatre appears to be back in business and running shows.Never was a big fan on the new Maumee City building/Police Department building on Conant St always seemed to large and out of place for Maumee's downtown area. Any idea's or picture's on what happened to the old children's home properties on River Road? That location and property was always such a waste IMO to stay unused and vacant for as many years as it did.Thanks great photo set.
May 10, 200817 yr Much appreciated for the comments.That is quite the shame about the Children's home property not having any public space or access.I remember walking the floodplain area on the river every summer to the community swimming pool down by the river on their property.I believe I grew up less than a block and a half away from the place. The Maumee Indoor I wholeheartedly agree was a great expierance growing up and to have access too so close by.$1 movies you could not beat that any day of the week for cheap entertainment although at .75 I guess you now can.If I make it back to town no doubt I will see how the renovation has changed the place. All and all Maumee was a pretty nice town to grow up in between Mudhen games at the Rec Center,raising hell on the Maumee River boating skiing ect It kept me active and busy.
May 11, 200817 yr Wow, this looks like a really nice little town. I'm sorry to hear that it's losing population. I guess the suburbanites didn't feel it was disgustingly bleak enough to be a real suburb, so they demoted it to city status and ran. Luckily this is Urban Ohio where the remaining pockets of urbanity are celebrated. Three cheers to Maumee, a suburb that's actually worth living in.
May 11, 200817 yr Maumee was and always will be landlocked not much room for population growth either way or new development.Add in the fact the town has probably dozens if not hundreds of homes on the National Historic Register change is not something that really happens often in the town.Man I remember my parents having to go through hoops to put on a add-on garage to the house took about 12 months of zoning and planning commisions if i remember correctly.
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