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

ID: 753 ~ Source: Henry A. Lorberg, Scrapbook Volume 7, Local History Digital Collection, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio.

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

Union Mills and Lock 50 of the Ohio & Erie Canal

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

Ideally located, where the Ohio and Eric Canal turned to make its final descent across the Scioto River bottoms to its terminus at Portsmouth, Union Mills was developed to take advantage of the large…