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Vol. 12 No. 18
Sep 4 - Sep 17, 2015
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
Annual BRHS Homecoming Parade Set For Sep 11
Everything you always wanted to know about the canal... By Alan Hague
alan@broadripplegazette.com
Part One Over the years we have received numerous calls and emails with questions about the canal. We answer them individually, but now we have decided to write it all up in one comprehensive article. This article will almost certainly raise even more questions from our readers. Send ‘em in! Citizens Energy Group, the current owner of the Central Canal, graciously sat down with us for a detailed Q&A session and followed that with a tour of the White River treatment facility at 16th and Aqueduct Street. The canal starts at Broad Ripple and ends at that facility. [This was news to me. I thought the canal continued to flow though White River State Park. More about that later.] We covered weeding, silt, erosion, and water treatment. We discussed many of those buildings you see while driving around that you always wondered about [and some you didn’t know existed]. To be more complete, I will throw in some of the history of the Central Canal, but this is in no way a comprehensive history of the canal. The Citizens meeting consisted of me (your editor), Mario Morone (Gazette writer), Ed Malone (Director of Water Production for Citizens Energy Group), Edwin Morris (Operation Maintenance Supervisor for Citizens Energy Group), and Sarah Holsapple (Media Relations for Citizens Energy Group). Ed Malone is responsible for all of the water production at Citizens Energy Group, including the White River treatment facility. This is the facility that takes all of the water from the canal and supplies the north side of Indianapolis with fresh water. Edwin Morris is responsible for the entire canal, as it runs from Broad Ripple to the White River treatment facility. A little background… The Central Canal was originally built as a way for Indiana to compete with other states that had built canal systems to enhance industry. The Central Canal was to improve the movement of goods and to provide power for mills. Today, it is a conduit of surface water to the White River treatment facility. It all started in 1836 when the State of Indiana started the construction of the Central Canal at the bend of the White River in what would later be called the Town of Broad Ripple, north of Indianapolis. When the dam across the White River was built and the digging for the canal started in 1836, the area was mostly unsettled. In 1837 Jacob Coil platted 48 lots north of the canal construction project and referred to it as Broad Ripple. Later that year 32 lots were platted to the south of the canal construction and that area was named Wellington. An excerpt from The Canal Society of Indiana (www.indcanal.org): “Originally the Central Canal was divided into two divisions, northern and southern; later, into three, northern, Indianapolis, and southern. Of the three, the northern ran from the junction with the Wabash & Erie to Broad Ripple, the Indianapolis from Broad Ripple to Port Royal (now Waverly, in
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See CANAL pg. 2 1 Banner Catherine Weaver
6 Random Rippling Salon
1 Canal part 1
4 Poetic Thoughts
1 Random Rippling stone
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THE PARADE ROUTE The annual Broad Ripple Magnet High School homecoming parade will pass through the Village on Friday, September 11. The parade will leave the high school from the south exit at 3 P.M. Students have made floats for classes and clubs, and the marching band will perform. The parade stops briefly at Chumley’s on Broad Ripple Avenue so that the band can play for the BRMHS faculty that gathers there to watch. The Rockets will play the Washington Continentals in the homecoming football game at 7 P.M. The BRHS Alumni Association welcomes all alumni to come to the parade and the game to celebrate BRHS. (www.brhsalumni.org)
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Banner Artist of the issue The banner artist of this issue is Catherine Weaver. After living and working throughout Europe and the US, since 2011 Catherine lives, works and creates in Indianapolis. Having her BA in Education from Purdue, and working in the biosciences for over 20 years, she appreciates the creativity that painting and mixed media work provides. With the support of Randy, her husband of 3 years, Catherine began to sell her work 2 years ago. This banner image is taken from her first painting sold - she only knows it was locally purchased by someone on New Jersey street. If you are the NJ St owner of “Sunflower” and are reading this now - Catherine sends a huge THANK YOU for being the inaugural buyer of a CWeaver original! Catherine is a part owner of the CCA Gallery which recently moved to the Arts&Design district of Carmel at 111 W Main Street. Her work displays and retails there alongside 20+ other co-owner/artists of this exclusively Hoosier cooperative gallery. You can see examples of her work and contact Catherine directly via her artists FB page: CatWeaverCreates To celebrate the 11th year of the Broad Ripple Gazette we started featuring a year of local artists by allowing them to interpret our banner, while incorporating the words “The Broad Ripple Gazette”. Contact us at info@broadripplegazette.com to inquire if any open issues remain. Still looking for cartoonist, tattoo artist, pen and ink, etc.
9 Where in the Village?
13 Random Rippling SoBro
21 Random Rippling Hayes
10 Round the Ripple
13 Random Rippling WRYC
21 Random Rippling reopen
7 Local Contacts
11 Home Tour preview
14 Frog’s Random Rippling
21 Random Rippling alumni
2 Mark Dickhaus
7 ‘Mistakes winner
11 Random Rippling cops
15 Historic Ad/ Crossword
22 Gettin’ Ripped in Ripple
3 Calendar
8 Classified Ads/Public Notices 11 Random Rippling geo
16 Random Rippling Sue
23 Right in my Own Backyard
4 Buzzing Around Town
9 BR Farmers Market
12 Frog’s Random Rippling
16 Hidden History/Sudoku
23 Random Rippling Outlier
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
9 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
13 Random Rippling Salon6
17 Directory / Maps
24 Zoning meeting