An exhibit near this lock contains an illustration of the events described above. Location:
About 3/10 of a mile north of the Hunt
Farm Visitor Information Center (48K) on the Towpath Trail.
Last
Updated:
Wednesday, 22-Dec-2004 09:50:48 Eastern Standard Time
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In
the spring of 1828, this section of the Ohio & Erie Canal, then
newly completed, experienced its first flood. One-half mile south of
here, the flood caused Furnace Run Culvert to fail and the canal to
silt. Several boats ran aground and were stranded at Lock 27. As supplies
ran low, canal passengers and crew ate only corn meal pancakes, known
as "johnnycakes." The nickname stuck for Lock 27. 
