Between 1905 and 1909, the state of Ohio performed repairs on the lock’s original sandstone blocks using concrete. In 1992 the National Park Service restored this lock to its 1905 appearance by replacing the deteriorated concrete and reconstructing the lock gates. An exhibit at this location contains a cross-sectional illustration of the locks between Akron and Cleveland with a caption that reads: The Ohio & Erie Canal lock numbering system from Akron to Cleveland. Portage Summit is the Continental Divide. All water north of the divide flows into Lake Erie; water south of the divide flows into the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Canal engineers began the lock numbering for both directions at Portage Summit. Location:
Immediately adjacent to the Canal
Visitor Center Trailhead (53K) on the Towpath Trail. The exhibit
can be found in front of the visitor center at the north end of the
lock.
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Wednesday, 22-Dec-2004 09:50:47 Eastern Standard Time
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Lock
38 is one of 44 locks along the Ohio & Erie Canal that lifted canal
boats a total of 395 feet in elevation between Cleveland and Akron.
In operation from 1827 to 1913, this lock raised or lowered a canal
boat about 9 feet.
