Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Grand River Locks ~

Lock 1 at Indiana presented a difficult engineering job. There were two river-openings requiring locks ~ a large island in the middle.  Locks on the average raised the water nine feet.  Flooding and economic delays complicated completion.
Parish Hall, York

The York Historical Society has erected lock signs; Lock 1, Indiana, stands on the river side of The Gingerbread House Restaurant and Inn.   An outdoor billboard at the York Parish Hall Golden Horseshoe Antique Society, shows all canals, locks and dams in the lower Grand River.