Bill Tipton and Cork Walker, with the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Committee, contemplate the history of Lock 50 of the Ohio and Erie Canal

ID: 721 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2018

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Bill Tipton and Cork Walker, with the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Committee, contemplate the history of Lock 50 of the Ohio and Erie Canal

This file appears in: Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

The Ohio and Erie Canal connected Portsmouth to Cleveland and the eastern markets via New York's more famous Erie Canal, which had opened in 1826. While Cleveland, on the other end of the canal, experienced far more dramatic growth, both…