The
Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal
was a canal constructed in the early 1800s,
which connected Akron
, Summit
County
with the Cuyahoga River
near the Cuyahoga's mouth on Lake Erie
in Cleveland
, Cuyahoga County
, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth
, Scioto County
, and then connections to other canal systems in
Pennsylvania and
Ohio
.
The canal carried freight traffic from 1827 to 1861, and then
freight traffic rapidly diminished due to the construction of
railroads. From 1862 to 1913, the canal served as a water source to
industries and towns. In 1913, much of the canal system was
abandoned after critical sections were destroyed by severe
flooding.
Today, most of the remaining portions are managed by either the
National Park Service or
Ohio Department of
Natural Resources, providing recreational opportunities for the
public, and continuing to provide water for some industries. Parts
of the canal are preserved, including the
Ohio and Erie
Canal Historic District, a U.S.
National Historic Landmark.
History
After achieving Statehood in 1803, Ohio was a sparsely populated
state of 50,000 persons, scattered and with no economical means of
transportation of goods. With no access to markets, agriculture
served only local needs and manufacturing was nearly
non-existing.
Agitation for a canal system (1787-1822)
As early as 1787,
George
Washington and
Thomas Jefferson
had discussed the desirability of a canal linking Lake Erie to the
Ohio River as part of a national system of canals. It wasn't until
1807 that Ohio's first Senator,
Thomas Worthington offered a
resolution in Congress asking Treasury Secretary
Albert Gallatin to report to the Senate. In
1810,
DeWitt Clinton was appointed to
head the Erie Canal Commission. He was unsuccessful in his attempt
to get national aid for the construction of a canal connecting Lake
Erie to the
Hudson River, so he
enlisted the aid of Ohio (and its congressional delegation).
On January
15, 1812 the Ohio General
Assembly passed a resolution indicating that the connection of
the Great
Lakes
with the Hudson River was a project of "national
concern". President Madison was
against the proposal, however, and the
War
of 1812 ended all discussion.
On
December 11, 1816, Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York
sent a letter to the Ohio Legislature indicating
his state's willingness to construct the Erie Canal without
national help, and asking the State of Ohio to join in the
endeavor. On January 9, 1817, the Ohio Legislature directed
Ohio's Governor, the same Thomas Worthington, to negotiate a deal
with Clinton. Due to the cost, however, the Ohio Legislature
dallied, and nothing happened for the next 3 years. Finally, in
January 1822, in a fit of progressivism, the Ohio Legislature
passed acts to fund the canal system and the state's public
education obligations.
Survey and design (1822)
On January 31, 1822 the Ohio Legislature passed a resolution to
employ an engineer and appoint commissioners to survey and design
the canal system as soon as possible. A sum not to exceed $6000 was
allocated for this purpose.
James Geddes, an engineer
experienced from work on the New York canals, was employed. Since
most of Ohio's population lived along a line from Cleveland to
Cincinnati, it was necessary that these areas be served by the main
trunk of the canal. Since canals must generally follow river
valleys, it was difficult to design a suitable system.
Specifically, the
bridging of the Scioto and Miami
river valleys required raising the canal to such an
elevation that water from neither river could be used as a
source. As a result, the canal was divided into two
sections, the Ohio and Erie Canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth
which crossed the Licking Divide and followed the
Scioto River Valley, and the Miami
and Erie Canal which connected Cincinnati
to Dayton
.
In later
years this second canal would be extended all the way to the
Maumee River at Toledo
.
Copies of the original survey plat maps for the construction of
both Ohio canals are available on-line from the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources.
Construction (1825-1832)
On February 4, 1825, the Ohio Legislature passed "An Act to provide
for the Internal Improvement of the State of Ohio by Navigable
Canals". The Canal Commission was authorized to borrow $400,000 in
1825, and not more than $600,000 per year thereafter. The notes
issued were to be redeemable between 1850 and 1875.
On July 4,
1825, ground was broken on the canal at Licking Summit near Newark, Ohio
.
The canals were specified to have a minimum width of at the top, at
the bottom, and a depth of feet minimum. These limits were often
exceeded, and indeed it was cheaper to do so in most cases. For
example, it might be cheaper to build one embankment and then let
the water fill all the way to the adjacent foothills, perhaps
hundreds of feet away, rather than build two embankments. By
damming the rivers, long stretches of slackwater could be created
which, with the addition of towpaths, could serve as portions of
the canal. Where it made economic sense to do so, such as lock
widths or portions of the canal through narrow rock or across
aqueducts, the minimum widths were adhered to.
Contracts were let for the following tasks:
- Grubbing and clearing
- Mucking and ditching
- Embankment and excavation
- Locks and culverts
- Puddling
- Protection
Initially, contractors in general proved to be inexperienced and
unreliable. It was common for one job to receive 50 bids, many of
them local to where the work was being performed. The chosen
contractor, having underbid the contract, often would vanish in the
night leaving his labor force unpaid and his contract unfulfilled.
This problem was so bad that laborers refused to perform canal work
for fear of not being paid. As the bidding process was improved,
and more reliable contractors engaged, the situation
improved.
Workers were initially paid $0.30 per day and offered a jigger of
whiskey. As work progressed, and where labor was in shortage,
workers could make as much as $15 per month. At that time, cash
money was hard to come by in Ohio forcing much bartering. Working
on the canal was appealing and attracted many farmers from their
land.
On July 3,
1827 the first canal boat on the Ohio and Erie Canal left Akron
, traveled through 41 locks and over 3 aqueducts
along of canal, to arrive at Cleveland on July 4. While the
average speed of seems slow, canal boats could carry 10 tons of
goods and were much more efficient than wagons over rutted
trails.

Graph showing the annual expenditures
and revenues accrued to the State of Ohio by the Ohio and Erie
Canal from 1827 to 1903.
Over the next five years, more and more portions of the canal
opened, with it finally being completed in 1832:
In 1832, the Ohio and Erie Canal was completed. The entire canal
system was long with 146
lift
locks and a rise of . In addition, there were five feeder
canals that added and 6 additional locks to the system consisting
of:
- Tuscarawas Feeder (3.2 miles)
- Walhonding Feeder (1.3 miles)
- Granville Feeder (6.1 miles)
- Muskinghum Side Cut (2.6 miles)
- Columbus Feeder (11.6 miles)
The canal's lock numbering system was oriented from the Lower
Basin, near the southwest corner of the current Exchange and Main
streets in Akron. North of the basin is Lock 1 North, and south of
the basin is Lock 1 South. At this basin was the joining of the
Pennsylvania and Ohio
Canal.
Operation (1833 - 1913)
The canals enjoyed a golden period of prosperity from the 1830s to
the early 1860s, with a peak in revenue between 1852 and 1855.
During the 1840s, Ohio was the third most prosperous state, owing
much of that growth to the canal. Immediately following the
Civil War, it became apparent
that
railroads would take the canal's
business. From 1861 until 1879, after the canal had been badly
flooded, Ohio leased its canals to private owners who earned
revenue from dwindling boat operation and the sale of water to
factories and towns. When the state took the canals back in 1879,
it discovered that they had not been maintained, and that state
lands surrounding the canals had been illegally sold to private
owners. In many cases, canals were filled in for "health reasons",
only to find a newly laid railroad track on their right of way.
Much State land was given away for free to politically savvy
private owners. Nevertheless, some revenue was accrued into the
early twentieth century from the sale of water rights as well as
recovery and sale of land surrounding the canals.
Abandonment
After the peak of the 1850s and a bottoming out of revenue due to
the Civil War in the early 1860s the canal's expenditures starting
to outgrow its revenues due to rising maintenance costs. By 1911,
most of the southern portion of the canal had been abandoned. On
March 23, 1913, after a winter of record snowfall, storms dumped an
abnormally heavy amount of rain on the state, causing extensive
flooding. This caused the reservoirs to spill over into the canals,
destroying aqueducts, washing out banks, and devastating most of
the locks. In Akron, Lock 1 was dynamited to allow backed up
floodwater to flow.
Notable persons associated with the Canal
- As a teenager in 1847, James
Garfield worked as a Hoggee, driving mules to pull barges along
the canal. After repeatedly falling into the canal on the job,
Garfield became ill, and decided to go to college instead.
The Canal today

Restored canal boat
The
Ohio and Erie Canal Historic District, a
historic district including part
of the canal, was declared a
National Historic Landmark in
1966.
It
is a four mile (6 km) section within the township of Valley View,
Ohio
that contains three locks, the Tinkers
Creek Aqueduct
and two structures.
A
remaining watered section of the Ohio & Erie Canal is located
in Summit County,
Ohio
. The Ohio & Erie Canal is maintained, to
this day, as a water supply for local industries. After the flood,
a few sections of the canal continued in use hauling cargo to local
industries. Another watered section extends from the Station Road
Bridge in Brecksville northwards into Valley View and Independence,
all Cleveland suburbs.
The
section of the Ohio & Erie Canal from the Brecksville Dam to
Rockside Road in Cuyahoga County
was transferred to the National Park Service in 1989 as part
of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreational Area (now known as the
Cuyahoga
Valley National Park
.
A lease
on the canal lands from the Cuyahoga
Valley National Park
to the terminus of the canal has been executed with
the Cleveland
Metroparks. The Metroparks manage the adjacent real
estate and the surrounding Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation.
The section of the Ohio & Erie Canal still owned and maintained
by the Division of Water in southern Summit is referred to as the
watered section.
This section runs from the north end of
Summit Lake south to Barberton
, a distance of about . Included in this
section is the feeder canal from the Tuscarawas River and the hydraulics at the
Portage
Lakes
.
The Ohio & Erie Canal is maintained from Akron by a staff of
six Division of Water employees. Like its sister canal, the Ohio
& Erie Canal carries a large amount of stormwater. The canals
were not designed to accommodate this great influx of stormwater.
Most of the siltation and erosion problems experienced today are
the result of stormwater inappropriately piped into the canals over
the years.
In late
1996, the canal from Zoar
to Cleveland
was designated a National
Heritage Corridor. This designation was brought about
through the efforts of many communities, civic organizations,
businesses and individuals working in partnership. The Department
is working with numerous local communities and organizations to
assure the continued development of the Ohio & Erie
Canal.
A map showing the disposition of the canal lands is available
on-line from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Points of interest

Towpath through Akron
- Alexander's (a.k.a. Wilson's) Mill
- Richard Howe House (future site)
- Boston Store
- Canal Visitor Center
- Frazee House
- Mustill Store
- Peninsula Depot
- Station Road Bridge
- Tinkers Creek Aqueduct

Connecting canals
The Ohio
and Erie Canal initially provided a connection between Akron
and Lake
Erie
at Cleveland
, then extending all the way to the Ohio River within a few years. Later,
connecting canal systems were built connecting it with the
Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal and
other parts of Eastern Ohio.
Ohio and Erie Canal - Connecting Canals
Coordinates
|
Elevation
|
Name
|
Description
|
|
|
Columbus Feeder |
Lockbourne , Columbus , Franklin County |
|
|
Granville Feeder |
Granville , Licking County |
|
|
Hocking Valley |
Carroll , Lancaster , Fairfield County ;
Logan , Hocking
County ;
Nelsonville , Athens , Athens
County |
|
|
Muskingum Side Cut |
Dresden , Zanesville , Muskingum County ;
McConnelsville , Morgan County ;
Marietta , Washington County |
|
|
Pennsylvania and Ohio
Canal |
Akron , Summit
County ;
Kent , Ravenna , Portage County ;
Warren , Trumbull
County ;
Youngstown , Mahoning County ; Ohio ;;
Lawrence; Beaver , Beaver County ; Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
|
|
Sandy and Beaver
Canal
a.k.a. Tuscarawas Feeder |
Bolivar , Tuscarawas County ;
Hanoverton , Lisbon , East
Liverpool , Columbiana County ;
Glasgow , Beaver County , Pennsylvania |
|
|
Walhonding Canal |
Roscoe Village , Coshocton County ;
Brinkhaven , Knox
County |
Towpath Trail landmarks
An
all-purpose bicycle/pedestrian trail was constructed by Cuyahoga
Valley National Park
in Southern Cuyahoga County
and Northern Summit County
, Cleveland
Metroparks in Northern Cuyahoga County
, and Akron/Summit County Metroparks in
Southern Summit
County
to roughly follow the original Ohio and Erie Canal
Towpath route. (The Northernmost section in Cuyahoga
County
is still undergoing construction.) There are many
connecting trails going to other points of interest throughout
their park systems.
Please help by expanding this section with any notable landmarks
along the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail.

Restored canal Twelve Mile Lock 38,
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Deep Lock 28 as it existed in
1985
Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail Landmarks
Mile
Post
|
ID
#
|
Coordinates
|
Elevation
|
Name
|
Type
|
Municipality
|
County
|
Description
|
0 |
44 North |
|
|
Cuyahoga River Sloop |
Lock |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
Merwin Street between James street and West street |
|
43 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
Sherwin Williams, James and West, Merrwin and Vineyard |
|
|
|
|
Weigh |
Lock |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
Seneca a.k.a. West 3rd. street |
3 |
42 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
relocated to 42A, |
3 |
42A North |
|
|
Weigh and Guard |
Lock |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
near Grasselli chemical company, Dille street and Independence
road |
5 |
41 North |
|
|
RathBuns |
Lock |
|
Cuyahoga |
near Austin Powder Works, Harvard Road, near Jennings Road |
8 |
40 North |
|
|
Willow |
Lock |
Cuyahoga Heights |
Cuyahoga |
off Canal Road, near I-77 |
|
|
|
|
Mill Creek |
Aqueduct |
Cuyahoga Heights |
Cuyahoga |
carries canal over Mill
Creek off Canal Road |
|
|
|
|
|
GNIS |
|
|
GNIS 17 Cleveland South topographic map |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Cuyahoga |
Rockside Road |
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Cuyahoga |
CVSR |
11 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
11 |
39 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Independence |
Cuyahoga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GNIS |
|
|
GNIS 16 Shaker Heights topographic map |
12 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Cuyahoga |
Hillside Road |
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Cuyahoga |
CVSR -Canal Visitor Center, 7104 Canal Road and Hillside
Road |
12 |
38 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Valley View |
Cuyahoga |
Canal Visitor Center |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cuyahoga County |
Tinkers Creek Road |
13 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
|
|
|
|
Tinkers Creek |
Aqueduct |
|
Cuyahoga |
carries canal over Tinkers
Creek  |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Cuyahoga |
Alexander Road-Pleasant Valley Road |
14 |
37 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Cuyahoga |
Alexander's Mill |
|
|
|
|
|
Mill |
|
Cuyahoga |
Alexanders (a.k.a. Wilsons) |
14 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trailhead |
|
Cuyahoga |
Sagamore Road |
15 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Cuyahoga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GNIS |
|
|
GNIS 15 Northfield topographic map |
17 |
36 North |
|
|
Pinery Dam and Feeder |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
SR-82 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Summit |
Station Road bridge to CVSR -Brecksville |
19 |
35 North |
|
|
Kettlewell Whiskey |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trail |
|
Summit |
Old Carriage |
|
|
|
|
|
Trail |
|
Summit |
Old Carriage Connector |
19 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
20 |
34 North |
|
|
Red |
Lock |
|
Summit |
Jaite in southwestern Northfield Township |
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Red Lock |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
Highland Road |
20 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
20.5 |
33 North |
|
|
Wallace |
Lock |
|
Summit |
in Boston Township |
21 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
21 |
32 North |
|
|
Boston |
Lock |
|
Summit |
Boston Township |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Summit |
Boston Mills Road |
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Summit |
CVSR -Boston Store |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
I-271 Southbound |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
I-271 Northbound |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
I-80 Westbound |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
I-80 Eastbound |
22 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Summit |
Stumpy Basin |
22 |
31 North |
|
|
Lonesome |
Lock |
|
Summit |
was in Boston Township |
23 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
23 |
30 North |
|
|
Peninsula Feeder |
Lock |
Peninsula |
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
Peninsula |
TrailHead |
Peninsula |
Summit |
CVSR |
23 |
29 North |
|
|
Peninsula |
Lock |
Peninsula |
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
Peninsula |
Aqueduct |
Peninsula |
Summit |
carried canal over Cuyahoga
River |
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
SR-303 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
25 |
28 North |
|
|
Deep |
Lock |
Peninsula |
Summit |
at the deepest lock along the canal |
|
|
|
|
|
TrailHead |
|
Summit |
Deep Lock Quarry |
25 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
27 |
27 North |
|
|
Johnny Cake |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
Furnace Run |
Aqueduct |
|
Summit |
carried canal over Furnace Run |
27 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
Bolanz Road |
28 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Summit |
Beaver Marsh |
28 |
26 North |
|
|
Pancake |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
Ira |
TrailHead |
|
Summit |
CVSR |
29 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
28 |
25 North |
|
|
Mudcatcher |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
30 |
24 North |
|
|
Niles |
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
Yellow Creek |
30 |
|
|
|
|
MilePost Marker |
|
Summit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridge |
|
Summit |
Bath Road |
|
|
|
|
Indian Mound |
TrailHead |
|
Summit |
CVSR |
|
|
|
|
|
GNIS |
|
|
GNIS 14 Akron West topographic map |
32 |
23 North |
|
|
Booth port |
Lock |
|
Summit |
sewer pipe |
32 |
22 North |
|
|
Booth port |
Lock |
|
Summit |
Merriman sewer pipe |
33 |
21 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Summit |
sewer over-flow |
|
20 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Summit |
train abutments |
|
19 North |
|
|
Black Dog Crossing |
Lock |
|
Summit |
near Hickory and Memorial |
35 |
18 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
36 |
17 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
36 |
16 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
|
Summit |
|
36 |
15 North |
|
|
Akron Mustill Store |
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
|
36 |
14 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
North Street |
36 |
13 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
|
36 |
12 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
|
36 |
11 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
|
36 |
10 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
|
|
9 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
north of Market street |
|
8 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
tunnel |
37 |
7 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
middle tunnel |
37 |
6 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
tunnel below parking deck North of Mill street |
37 |
5 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
tunnel |
37 |
4 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
tunnel |
37 |
3 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
South Main street |
38 |
2 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
Water street |
38 |
1 North |
|
|
|
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
West Exchange street |
|
0 |
|
|
Portage landing |
Lock |
Akron |
Summit |
Portage lakes, Manchester Road |
|
1 South |
|
|
Wolf creek |
Lock |
Barberton |
Summit |
Snyder avenue |
|
|
|
|
Wolf creek |
Aqueduct |
Barberton |
Summit |
Snyder avenue |
|
|
|
|
|
GNIS |
|
|
GNIS 13 Doylestown topographic map |
|
2 South |
|
|
|
Lock |
New Franklin |
Stark |
Center Road |
|
3 South |
|
|
|
Lock |
New Franklin |
Stark |
Center Road |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 12 Canal Fulton topographic map |
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4 South |
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Lock |
Canal Fulton |
Stark |
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GNIS 11 Massillon topographic map |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 10 Bolivar topographic map |
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GNIS 9 Thornville topographic map |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 8 Millersport topographic map |
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5 South |
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Lock |
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5A South |
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Lock |
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Lock |
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Lock |
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31 South |
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Lock |
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32 South |
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Lock |
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33 South |
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Lock |
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North 20 |
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Lock |
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North 19 |
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Lock |
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North 18 |
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Lock |
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Lock |
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Lock |
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North 1 |
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Lock |
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North 0 |
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Minthorn |
Lock |
Newark |
Licking |
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South 0 |
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Pugh |
Lock |
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South 1 |
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195 |
King Watson |
Lock |
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Canal Road |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 7 Baltimore topographic map |
196 |
South 2 |
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David Miller's White Mill |
Lock |
Baltimore |
Fairfield |
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197.4 |
South 3 |
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Norris Mill |
Lock |
Baltimore |
Fairfield |
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South 4 |
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Short Level |
Lock |
Baltimore |
Fairfield |
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198 |
South 5 |
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Dry Dock |
Lock |
Baltimore |
Fairfield |
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198.3 |
South 6 |
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Mulnix Mill |
Lock |
Baltimore |
Fairfield |
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198.8 |
South 7 |
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Wells Mill |
Lock |
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Basil, Ohio |
200 |
South 8 |
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Bibler |
Lock |
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Basil, Ohio |
208 |
South 9 |
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Lock |
Carroll |
Fairfield |
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South 10 |
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Lock |
Carroll, Ohio |
Fairfield |
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206 |
South 11 |
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Lock |
Violet
Township |
Fairfield County, Ohio |
Upper Lockville |
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South 12 |
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Tennis/Tennat |
Lock |
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Lockville |
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South 13 |
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Rowe |
Lock |
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Lockville |
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South 14 |
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Smallwood |
Lock |
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South 15 |
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Fickle Mill Short Level |
Lock |
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Lockville |
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South 16 |
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Rover Short Level |
Lock |
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Lockville |
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South 17 |
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Swimmer's |
Lock |
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Lockville |
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South 18 |
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Creek |
Lock |
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Lockvile |
208 |
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Walnet Creek Guard |
Lock |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 6 Canal Winchester topographic map |
210 |
South 19 |
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Chaney's Mill |
Lock |
Canal Winchester |
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210 |
South 20 |
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Woolen |
Lock |
Canal Winchester |
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Gender Road |
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South 21 |
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Lock |
Canal Winchester |
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near Glenarda Farms, Groveport Road |
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George's Culvert |
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Canal Winchester |
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South 22 |
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Groveport |
Lock |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 5 Lockbourne topographic map |
217 |
South 23 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
Canal Road |
217 |
South 24 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
Canal Road |
217 |
South 25 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
Canal Road |
217.5 |
South 26 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
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218 |
South 27 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
Canal Road |
218 |
South 28 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
under railroad track bed |
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South 29 |
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Lock |
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South 30 |
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Lock |
Lockbourne |
Franklin |
Lockmeadows Park |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 4 Carroll topographic map |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 3 Amanda topographic map |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 2 Ashville topographic map |
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GNIS |
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GNIS 1 New Philadelphia topographic map |
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Columbus Feeder East Guard |
Lock |
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Columbus Feeder West Guard |
Lock |
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226 |
South 31 |
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Ashville Campbells Mill |
Lock |
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237 |
South 32 |
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Aqueduct |
Lock |
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Scioto River, West of Circleville |
237 |
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Circleville Feeder |
Lock |
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Spunkytown |
238 |
South 33 |
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Lock |
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Wayne Township |
238 |
South 34 |
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Lock |
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Wayne Township |
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South 35 |
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Lock |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
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256 |
South 36 |
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Lock |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
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258 |
South 37 |
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Lock |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
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parking lot |
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South 38 |
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Fifth Street |
Lock |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
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261 |
South 39 |
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Upper Lunbeck |
Lock |
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261 |
South 40 |
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Lower Lunbeck |
Lock |
Scioto
Township |
Pickaway |
near Renick Lane 601 |
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South 41 |
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Tomlinsons |
Lock |
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3 Locks Road, South of Chillicothe |
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South 42 |
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Tomlinsons |
Lock |
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South 43 |
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Tomlinsons |
Lock |
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Tomlinsons Dam and Feeder Guard |
Lock |
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South 44 |
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Waverly |
Lock |
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280 |
South 45 |
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U Pee Pee |
Lock |
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280 |
South 46 |
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L Pee Pee |
Lock |
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291 |
South 47 |
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Howards |
Lock |
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near Robers Lock Farm |
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South 48 |
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Herod's |
Lock |
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South 49 |
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Rushs Brush Creek |
Lock |
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South 50 |
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Union Mills |
Lock |
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South 51 |
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Union Mills Moss |
Lock |
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near Ohio State Route
239 |
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South 52 |
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Union Mills |
Lock |
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305 |
South 53 |
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Elbow |
Lock |
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South 54 |
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Lock |
Portsmouth |
Scioto County |
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308 |
South 55 |
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Lock |
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Scioto County |
near Old River Road, Portsmouth/Alexandria |
Travels
through Cuyahoga
, Summit
, Stark
, Licking
, Franklin
, Fairfield
, Pickaway
, and Scioto
counties.
See also
Notes
References
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