Lock 38

Lock 38 is one of the few restored, working locks along the historic Ohio & Erie Canal. Like elevators, locks raise and lower boats between levels. State engineers designed 44 locks to deal with a 395 foot rise in elevation from Cleveland to Akron. Heavy wooden gates enclose the boat-sized stone chamber. Operators added water to the chamber to raise a boat headed upstream and drained out water to lower a boat headed downstream.

Valley View, Ohio · United States