Two Canals

Historical marker location:

Independence, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Ohio Route 424 and Independence Road, on the left when traveling west on State Route 424.)

Marker installed: 1954

Anthony Wayne Parkway.

Ohio played a key role in the development of the modern steel industry. Andrew Carnegie, one of the most famous industrialists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, started his career in the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but his first major investment was in a steel mill in Braddock, Ohio.