Very disappointed in the canal and lock, Did not visit the exploration center building. The reason the canal and lock were disappointing was because I have been here a few years ago and there was water in the canal and the lock. Not sure why, but now the canal is mostly dewatered, being left to grow in which is hard to figure out why. Many canal communities probably wish they had a canal and lock in operable condition but I fear that environmental preservationists have prevailed over historical preservationists and this will be left to be reclaimed by nature. 10 years from now, people will say "remember when they did lock demonstrations?"
Though maintaining it is much easier than trying to get it back in shape after neglecting it, i fear that the shortsighted approach has been taken here and eventually this lock will be as derelict as the rest of the locks in the valley and as always, we will hear "It will cost too much to restore it and there is no money available"
I hope I am wrong because I love the canals in Ohio and we shouldn't let the remaining portions and locks in the state slip even the slightest bit or we won't have anything but overgrown, silted-in ditches with trees growing in the middle.
