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 Sandy & Beaver Canal Lock 38 Posted by:  buckeyealum
N 40° 42.774 W 080° 36.005
17T E 533779 N 4506963
Lock 38, also known as Vondergreens, is perfectly preserved, without a stone missing. On the 'left' bank of Little Beaver Creek, Vondergreen Trail, Beaver Creek State Park, Columbiana Co., mile 15 of the Canal's Eastern Division.
Waymark Code: WM5RGM
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2009
Views: 14
The Sandy and Beaver Canal ran 73 miles from the Ohio and Erie Canal at Bolivar, Ohio, to the Ohio River at Glasgow, Pennsylvania. The privately funded waterway, had 90 locks. It was chartered in 1828 and completed in 1848. However, the middle section of the canal had many problems from the beginning and fell into disrepair. The canal ceased to operate (as a whole) in 1852, when the Cold Run Reservoir Dam outside of Lisbon, Ohio, broke, ruining a large portion of the canal. Sections of the canal were in use for a few years. .75 miles of the canal lay in Pennsylvania; the rest was in Ohio.
Waterway Name: Little Beaver Creek
Connected Points:
Links the Ohio River, at Glasglow, PA, with the Ohio and Erie Canal, at Bolivar, OH, by way of Beaver Creek, and Sandy Creek.
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 09/01/1846
Elevation Difference (meters): 3.00
Site Status: Remnants
Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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