Experience Whitewater Canal State Historic Site like never before

Indiana State Museum sent this bulletin at 07/08/2020 03:00 PM EDT

The Whitewater Canal State Historic Site reopened to the public today with a brand new experience. Explore our new indoor and outdoor spaces, renovations, improvements and interactives. Our new hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

VISIT THE METAMORA GRIST MILL

Begin your trip to the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site by experiencing the Metamora Grist Mill like never before. Discover the mill’s history from its beginnings to today, and see for yourself how the mill grinds corn into flour, meal and grits – just as it has since the 1800s! Then, try milling grains yourself with a hand-powered grinder or learn how millers secured their sacks of flour by trying your hand at tying a miller’s knot.

Children can explore our brand-new transportation discovery space. Learn how Hoosiers used to move from here to there on our wooden canal and train table, chart your course throughout Indiana with an interactive map or pack a model canal boat full of crates and merchandise before its journey to Cincinnati.

SEE THE NATION'S ONLY KNOWN WOODEN AQUEDUCT

This unique structure carries the canal across Duck Creek. Engineers designed this aqueduct to carry the canal and its boats above the creek. This is the only known wooden covered aqueduct still operating in the United States. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

EXPLORE THE HIKING TRAILS

Starting at the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site, walk along the hiking trails that lead you down the canal route. These trails will take you through historic Metamora and lead you to the Duck Creek Aqueduct (about .5 miles) and eventually the "Twin Locks" (an additional 2.6 miles).

The 2020 enhancements of the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site were made possible with the generous support of the State of Indiana and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development.

The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is a non-profit, public-private partnership
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