THE COMPLETE LOCK SYSTEM OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL
THE JOHNNY APPLE SEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL
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GUARD  
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LOCK 5A
OLD
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That in 1827 the price of wheat rose up from ten
cents to a dollar a bushel because of the canal.
Did you know?
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ASCENT
MAP 3
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ASCENT
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GUARD
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GEORGES
CULVERT
JEFF MAXIMOVICH

AUTHOR, “THE JOHNNY APPLE SEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL”

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE COMPLETE LOCK SYSTEM OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.  WHEN THE
CANAL WAS DESIGNED, THE PLANNERS HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TAKE BOATS OVER
SUMMITS AND THROUGH VALLEYS.  THIS WAS DONE USING THE LOCK METHOD.  EACH LOCK WAS
A STRUCTURE TO RAISE OR LOWER A CANAL BOAT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.  THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL
SYSTEM CONSISTED OF TWO SUMMITS WITH EACH HAVING A NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SLOPE.  
EACH SUMMIT HAD A LOCK WITH A NUMBER (1) ON EACH END.  FROM THERE, THE NUMBERS GREW
AS THEY DESCENDED.  MOST OF THE LOCKS ARE STILL THERE AND WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU.  
A FEW SITES BARELY HAVE A GRAIN OF SAND TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR EXISTENCE.  THOSE ARE
THE ONES I REALLY HAD TO INVESTIGATE DEEPLY.  THE TITLE “THE LOST LOCKS” GOES FURTHER
AND DEEPER THAN JUST MISSING SITES.  ALSO LOST WAS THE MEMORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS
WHO PASSED THROUGH THESE AND THE PEOPLE WHO TOILED SO HARD BUILDING THIS CANAL.  
THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WAS THE BACKBONE AND STRENGTH OF OHIO IN ITS EARLY STAGES.  

MANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH I PRESENT, WERE SHOT BY MYSELF AND MY ASSOCIATE
WHO ACCOMPANIED ME THROUGH MANY RISKY PLACES.  SOME OF THE PICTURES COME FROM
HISTORIC ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS, ALL OF WHICH I WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO
USE.  I WISH TO SAY, MANY PICTURES WERE DONATED AS GIFTS.  PLEASE ENJOY ALL OF THE
LOCKS STARTING IN CLEVELAND AT RIVER LOCK 44.  FROM LOCK 44 IN CLEVELAND, WE WILL
CLIMB THE FAMOUS STAIRCASE INTO AKRON, WE’LL DESCEND FROM BARBERTON INTO DRESDEN
JUNCTION.  FROM DRESDEN JUNCTION, WE’LL CLIMB THE NORTH END OF THE LICKING SUMMIT TO
HEATH – THE SPOT THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.  FROM THERE, WE’
LL COVER THE LICKING SUMMIT AND PROCEED DOWN THE SOUTHERN SLOPE OF THE CANAL
SYSTEM TO THE OHIO RIVER, NEARLY 100 MILES TO THE SOUTH.   OUR FINAL DESTINATION WILL
BE LOCK 55, WEST OF PORTSMOUTH IN A LITTLE UNKNOWN AREA ONCE KNOWN AS ALEXANDRIA.  
LOCK 22
LOCK 23
LOCK 24
LOCK 25
LOCK 26
LOCK 27
LOCK 28
LOCK 29
LOCK 30
GUARD
LOCK
GUARD
LOCK
LOCK 31
LOCK 32
CV
FEEDER
LOCK 33
LOCK 34
LOCK 35
LOCK 36
LOCK 37
LOCK 38
LOCK 39
LOCK 40
LOCK 41
LOCK 42
LOCK 43
GUARD
LOCK
LOCK 44
LOCK 45
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LOCK 54
LOCK 55