OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORYJU! • y7% Ohio Historic Preservation Office

Ohio Historical Center Columbus, Ohio 43211

1. No.

2. CountySummit3. Location of Negatives OHS

4. Present Name(s)

Lock No. 35

5. Other Name<8)

6. Specific Location

on private road approx. 1.3 miles south of Pine Hill Driv7. City or Town _ ,li Rural, Township & VicinitySagamore Hills8. Site Plan with North Arrow

9. Coordinates

Lat. Long

U.T.M. Reference

2?!0 80Zone Easting Northing10. Site

BuildingStructure O

Object D

11. On National Register?

Yes D No 3t

13. Part of Estab. Yes [ Hist. Dist.? No 95

12 Is It Eligible?

Yes XNo D

14, District Yes Potent'l? No

15. Name of Established District

16. Thematic CategoryF H T , n, i17. DateKs) or Period

1825-182?18. Style or Design

19. Architect or Engineer

20. Contractor or Builder

21. Original Use, If apparentcanal lock22. Present Use

23. Ownership PublicXC Private D

24. Owner's Name & Address, _ . if .known- _ T% j.State of 0. , Dept.

Works£< S J "P-ront. St.25. Open to

of Public

Public? unrestrictedYes DD No D

26. Local Contact Person or Organization Summit County Hist. Soc.

27. Other Surveys in Which Includedhistoric civil engineering

landmark, Ohio Council ASCE

ADDrox. Acreage* less than 1

28. No. of Stories

29. Basement? Yes D No D

30. Foundation Material

31. Wall Constructionload-bearing masonr;32. Roof Type & Material

33. No. of Bays Front Side

34. Wall Treatmentcut stone/concrete35. Plan Shape recxange

36. Changes (Explain in #42)

Addition DAltered KMoved D

37. Conditionfair

XKKKtt

38. Preservation Underway?

Yes CNo OS

39. Endangered? By What?

Yes G No E

40. Visible from Public Road?

Yes C No K

41. Distance from and Frontage on Road

42. Further Description of Important FeaturesLock is star) lard mitered gate type. The lock chamber is 90 feet lon^ by 15 feet wide. The cut stone construction is partially faced with concrete, applied c. 19^5 as a stop-gap repair measure. Both gates are missing. The canal is dry at this point.

43. History and Sigmfica' .eThe Ohio & Erie ^anal, linking Lake Eri*- a r r ,eveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth, was completed in 1832. For 10 years this waterway was a great con trolling factc*~ of increasing commerce, manufactures and population in Ohio. That portion o*" the canal between Akron a <.d Cleveland opened July 4, 182?. The drop of 395 feet between the two cities was accomplished by M locks in 35 mile

44. Description of Er vonment and OutbuildingsThe secluded, private road on which this look may be found once served as the canal towpath. From Rt. 82 south to Ba+h Road, the canal is largely dry and overgrown witv thickets. There is a sewage treatment plant nearby.

45. Sources of InformationFrank Wilcox, The Chip Canals, selec. and ed. William A.

McGill (Kent, O.i Kent State University Press, 1969). Canal Society cf Ohio, Towpaths, Sesquicentennial Issue No.

li 150 Years of Ohio's Canals. l82S-l$?S (n.p. 1975J.

46. Prepared byCarol Poh Nixler47. Organization

48. Date3/76

49. Revision Date(s>