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Lock 34 on the Ohio and Erie Canal C. 1825.
Looking at pieces of history like this and trying to imagine the activities that took place here. A lock would have been a busy location, requiring the presence of a keeper, maybe his family. Possibly a spot for trade and exchange of news as the boats waited their turn in the lock. The canal operated for almost a century and has been abandoned for more then that.
Canal towpath. On the upper left behind the pole is a bend in the Cuyahoga River that the canal runs parallel to. The canal just a shallow depression here is to the right. The lock is to the right behind me.
After i took these i remembered i once rode down a lock in a canoe. I took a couple pictures that i'll have to find.
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Oh, now I can see the rest-- they're really haunting. The Erie Canal! I can't believe it.
Makes me think of my niece, about three or four years old, my mother strapping her into her car seat in the driveway while my niece is belting out "Erie Canal" at the top of her lungs. That song is ninety percent of what I know about it!
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I got a mule, her name is Sal..
This one, the Ohio and Erie, ran from Cleveland south to the Ohio River; and it didn't have a song.
Yes it is haunting - the works of man.
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*hangs head*
I thought it seemed kind of, diverted.
It's not too late for it to have a song, though!
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http://www.discovercanalfulton.com/heritage_society/st_helena_iii.html
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Great photos, too :)
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