Wabash

Wabash

Wabash river, c.475 mi (765 km) long, rising in Grand Lake, W Ohio, and flowing NW into Ind., then generally SW through Ind., becoming the Ind.-Ill. border before emptying into the Ohio River; largest northern tributary of the Ohio. The Wabash's major tributaries are the Tippecanoe and White rivers. Dams on the Wabash control floods, produce hydroelectricity, and regulate navigation; sand and gravel barges constitute the chief traffic on the river. In the fertile Wabash basin corn and livestock are raised. Vincennes , Terre Haute , and Lafayette , Ind. are on the Wabash.

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Wabash

Wabash , city (1990 pop. 12,127), seat of Wabash co., N central Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1849. It is an agricultural trade center for wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetables, and fruit. There is diverse manufacturing. Wabash was the world's first electrically lighted city; one of the original street lamps is on exhibition in the county courthouse. Nearby Salamonie and Mississinewa dams (completed 1966 and 1967) provide flood protection and water recreation.

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Wabash

Wabash, Ohio‐Indiana/USA A tributary of the Ohio River with the Miami name wuabache ‘White Water’ or ‘Water over White Stones’. The French called it Oubache.

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The Wabash River symposium.(Conference news)
Magazine article from: Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science; 2/12/2007
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Magazine article from: Indiana Business Magazine; 8/1/1998
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