On this site the Ohio and Erie Canal flowed south and down-level under the Market Street Bridge. Nearby Pawpaw Creek and the canal culturally divided the Swiss settlers to the west in Basil and the Virginia pioneers to the east in New Market, called Baltimore by 1833. In March 1825, the "Twin Cities" were dedicated one day apart and energized a feud that often erupted at the bridge, where boys from one village entered the other at their peril and where the worst intervillage fights were held. The rivalry stretched well into the twentieth century and was arguably terminated with an uneasy consolidation of the two in 1947. In October 1831, fire boats locked through eight numbered locks nearby and in New Market, called Baltimore by 1833, and Basil. One half mile to the northeast stood the famous Dry Dock Lock, Lock No. Five, described as the most important lock in the county and considered the best dry dock between Cleveland and Portsmouth. This year-round dry dock consisted of a basin with an outlet into the canal so that all water could be drained from it. Water ran into the dock from the recess back of the lock, the outlet gates were opened, the water was drained, and boats were lowered onto trestles where they were repaired. Many new boats were also built.