Elbow Lock (51) of the Ohio and Erie Canal at Union Mills (West Portsmouth), Scioto County, Ohio

ID: 752 ~ Source: Historic Postcards, Local History Digital Collection, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio.

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Elbow Lock (51) of the Ohio and Erie Canal at Union Mills (West Portsmouth), Scioto County, Ohio

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…