LOCK 44
THE JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL
This 950' freighter, is heading into the same steel mills that the canal boats use to service.
Long ago supply and demand closed the canal at Lake Erie. They were to small and slow.
Long ago supply and demand closed the canal at Lake Erie. They were to small and slow.
This sign sits on Merwin Street. That's the area of the once Lock 44 in Cleveland,Ohio
This is the exact location of Lock 44. It's all gone now but this rotten structure. This lock extended
into the Cuyahoga River. Later train tracks filled the canal bed. Mile - 0
into the Cuyahoga River. Later train tracks filled the canal bed. Mile - 0
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