Near the bottom of this 1837 map can be seen the point where the Ohio and Erie Canal merged with the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. The junction contained Locks 43 & 44 as well as a 150-foot wide turning basin in between the two locks. In 1851, the state constructed a weigh lock near this site. The Cleveland weigh lock was the only one of its kind on the Ohio & Erie Canal and (as its name suggests) was designed to determine the weight of a ship's cargo in order to assess accurate tolls. | Date: 1837 | Source: Library of CongressDownload Original File
