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Satellite, 204 photos)
These five locks raised the
Miami & Erie Canal 67' (20.4m) to the highest point on the canal between Cincinnati and Toledo. Since this was the summit of the canal, a
feeder canal was built starting from a
little northeast of Port Jefferson, OH.
These are the top two locks.
This clearing allows us to not only see those top two locks, but part of the hill that the canal had to climb. The upper lock is obvious on the right side of the view. We can see only part of the far wall of the lower lock on the left side.
This photo and the above plaque clued me into the fact that there are more than just the two locks we can see from the streets.
The three lower locks are lost in the shadows in the current (Nov 2024) satellite map. So I fired up Google Earth. We can clearly see all five locks in this image.
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| Google Earth, Nov 2021 |
The cartographer omitted the uppermost lock.
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| 1914/31 Tory Quad @ 62,500 |
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VisitSidneyShelby
"The extensive stair step canal lock walls, among the best preserved in Ohio, were part of the Miami and Erie Canal system which opened for navigation in 1845 and connected Cincinnati and the Ohio River to Toledo and Lake Erie. For decades, the canal provided Ohio with valuable transportation and waterpower. The lockmaster’s house—now a private residence—and a dry-dock basin for boat repair are still visible." |
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18:24 video
Best-Preserved (and COLLAPSING?) 19th Century Locks! |
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