Map of Union Mills (West Portsmouth), Ohio, c. 1898

ID: 720 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio.

This file appears in: Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

Map of Union Mills (West Portsmouth), Ohio, c. 1898

This file appears in: Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

The Ohio and Erie Canal connected Portsmouth to Cleveland and the eastern markets via New York's more famous Erie Canal, which had opened in 1826. While Cleveland, on the other end of the canal, experienced far more dramatic growth, both…