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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Lock No. 35

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 642 words across 4 pages, filed in 1979. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79000311, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY No. 7 County Summit Location of Negatives OHS Specific Location on private road approx. 1.3 miles south of Pine Hill Driv Sagamore Hills City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Sagamore Hills Site Plan with North Arrow PINE HILL DR. Coordinates U.T.M. Reference Building Object Easting Northing 12 15 41.270 12 15 57.3180 4. Present Name(s) Lock No. 35 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category F, H, I 17. Date(s) or Period 1825-1827 18. Style or Design 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder 21. Original Use, if apparent canal lock 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Public X Private 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known State of O., Dept. of Public Works 65 S. Front St., Columbus 25. Open to Public? unrestricted X 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Summit County Hist. Soc. 27.

Other Surveys in Which Included Historic civil engineering landmark, Ohio Council ASCE 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes No X 30. Foundation Material 31. Wall Construction load-bearing mason 32. Roof Type & Material 33. No. of Bays Front Side 34. Wall Treatment cut stone/concrete 35. Plan Shape Rectangle 36. Changes Addition (Explain) Altered X in #42) Moved Condition X fair 37. Vandalism X 38. Preservation Recommendation 39. Endangered? Yes By What? No X 40. Visible from Public Road? Yes X No 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road Name of Established District Approx. Acreage less than 1 2. Further Description of Important Features Lock is standard mitered gate type. The lock chamber is 90 feet long by 15 feet wide. The cut stone construction is partially faced with concrete, applied c. 1905 as a stop-gap repair measure. Both gates are missing.

The canal is dry at this point. 3. History and Signific The Ohio & Erie Canal, linking Lake Erie at Cleveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth, was completed in 1832. For 30 years this waterway was a great controlling factor of increasing commerce, manufactures and population in Ohio. That portion of the canal between Akron and Cleveland opened July 4, 1827. The drop of 395 feet between the two cities was accomplished by 41 locks in 35 miles. 4. Description of Environment and Outbuildings The secluded, private road on which this lock may be found once served as the canal towpath. From Rt. 82 south to Bath Road, the canal is largely dry and overgrown with thickets. There is a sewage treatment plant nearby. 5. Sources of Information Frank Wilcox, The Ohio Canals, selec. and ed. William A. McGill (Kent, O.: Kent State University Press, 1969).

National Society of Ohio, Towpaths, Sesquicentennial Issue No. 11, 150 Years of Ohio's Canals, 1825-1975 (n.p., 1975). 46. Prepared by Carol Poh Miller 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 3/76 Ohio and Erie Canal Thematic 2nd central Property Resources State OH ("Cuyahoga" Summit) Working Number 6. 27. 79. 1577 TECHNICIAN Photos 11/18 Maps 14 CONTROL HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN still notification problem? Accept Discussed with D. Simons. Will renotify. Goldram 12.4.79 ARCHEOLOGIST Canal important in regional Bartram 11.5.79 development - Concur with HAER review. - Portions of this are already noted. OTHER HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Property owners were Accept re-notified on 11.7.79.

Property Goldram reviewed and accepted on 12.4.79 12.4.79 BRANCH CHIEF Accept Bartram 12.12.79 KEEPER National Register Write-up ___________ Send-back ___________ Entered DEC 11 1979 Federal Register Entry 2-3-81 Re-submit ___________ United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Thematic Resources Lock No. 35, Ohio and Erie Canal District, Cuyahoga and Summit Counties, Ohio Photograph by Carol Poh Miller, March 1976 Negative property of Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society View looking south. #718 100e DEC 1 1 1979 JUN 2 7 1979 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000640