Author Archives: Donna Webb

A hydraulic canal which paralleled the Ohio Canal along Locks 10 through 14. Carried water from the Little Cuyahoga River near the foot of Bank Street along the edge of the hills to Lock 5 … more →

First built as a Grist Mill by William Mitchell in l840. Cascade Mill was rebuilt with improved hydraulics in l876 by oatmeal king Ferdinand Schumacher. Located near lock 14 (also called Cascade Mill Lock). The … more →

Group of citizens and organizations dedicated to realizing the completion of Cascade Locks Park from locks 10 – 16 along the Ohio & Erie Canal while preserving, protecting and promoting the industrial heritage of the … more →

Locks 10 to 16 on the Ohio & Erie Canal in Akron. These locks allowed boats to descend or rise 71 vertical feet over a distance of about a third of a mile.

Built in l832 on the corner of what is now West Market and Howard streets. It was one of the first hotels with strong links to the canal, which ran within feet of the building.

Seventy to eighty feet long, fourteen feet wide, rode low in the water and carried fifty to eighty tons of cargo. Built with pointed prow and curved hull, these boats took advantage of the low … more →