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Unidentified Lock in Wooded Area 2
No full textOne color negative of the remains of an unidentified lock on an unknown canal, probably the Ohio and Erie Canal in either Coshocton, Muskingum, or Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Grass and trees can be seen around the lock walls in the foreground, midground, and background
Ohio Canal Signpost No. 24 State Locks 9-14
No full textOne color negative of Cuyahoga Valley Canal Days' Ohio Canal signpost No. 24 State Locks 9-14 on the Ohio and Erie Canal in Akron in Summit County, Ohio. The sign states: ""Stair Locks 9-14. Locks raised boats up over 100 feet to summit of Akron. Schumacher Mill 'Quaker Oats' was left of canal. The Summit County Historical Society and Ohio Canal Sesquincentennial Comm."" The sign is located next to a lock with overgrown plants in the foreground while a bridge, telephone poles, trees, and buildings are visible in the background
Lock 39 Ohio and Erie Canal 2
No full textOne black and white negative of an internal view of the lock chamber of Lock 39, also known as the 11 Mile Lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal in Independence in Cuyahoga County, Ohio just south of Cleveland. The lock walls can be seen on the left and right side of the image in the foreground receeding into the background. The lock chamber is being filled with water pouring in through the lock gate seen in the center of the image in the midground. Grass can be seen on each side of the image and the canal can be seen running into the distance
Ohio and Erie Canal Cuyahoga County
No full textOne color negative of a portion of the Ohio and Erie Canal located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The waters of the canal can be seen running diagonally through the image from the lower right corner into the background. Overgrown plants can be seen on the canal bank in the lower left corner while grass, trees, telephone poles, a block wall, and what appears to be a dock can be seen on the canal bank on the right. A road bridge crosses over the water towards the top of the negative in the background near a parked car on the canal bank
Canal Curve
No full textOne black and white negative of a curve in a canal, probably the Ohio and Erie Canal in Roscoe Village in Coshocton County, Ohio. The towpath can be seen on the right and trees line both sides of the canal
Ohio Canal Signpost No. 3 Weight Lock
No full textOne color negative of Cuyahoga Valley Canal Days' Ohio Canal Sign No. 3 of the Weigh Lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The sign has a map of to the right and text on the left. The text states, ""Weigh lock was here. Railroad track bed was canal. Boat entered lock and water was drained off. Boat settled on scale platform, weighed, charged toll. Water was let into lock."
Unidentified Roadside Retired Lock 2
No full textOne color negative of an unidentified retired lock on the side of a dirt road on a unknown canal, probably the Ohio and Erie Canal in either Coshocton, Muskingum, or Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The lock with water between the lock walls can be seen in the center of the image. Grass, trees, and brush line each side of the canal while a dirt road can be seen on the right. Trees and farmland can be seen in the distance
State Boat No. 1 at Stone Road Bridge
No full textOne black and white negative of the State Boat No. 1 traveling down the Ohio and Erie Canal just south of Cleveland near the Stone Road Bridge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The canal boat can be seen to the left while two horses or mules can be seen on the right on the towpath with a rope attached between them and the canal boat. A man can be seen riding one of the horses and a dog can be seen in front of them on the towpath. Trees line the right side of the image and a house can be seen in the background
Cabala's Old Boat House 1
No full textOne black and white photographic print of Cabala's Old Boat House Tavern located just south of Rockside Road and Canal Road in Independence in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. A paved road can be seen running diagonally in the foreground while the restaurant sits in the midground in the center of the photograph with trees in the background. A pickup truck can be seen parked in front of the building while several automobiles are parked on the side. This building was destroyed by a fire in May 1977
Sophia Boat Traveling on Water
No full textOne black and white negative of a pleasure boat named Sophia with a canopy traveling along an unknown body of water, probably the Ohio and Erie Canal near Lock 42 in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The water can be seen in the foreground while the boat can be seen in the midground and trees line the background. Four people can be seen in the boat