Inventory of the Whitewater Canal Trail

Inventory

Locks and feeder dams in Franklin Co. There were 23 Locks and 3 Feeder Dams in Franklin Co., IN. As of today there are 14 Locks and 1 Feeder Dam.

Lock locations and names.

North of Brookville at Pizza King,             Lock 19, Reeds
at the Recycle Center,                             Lock 20, Boundary Hill
At Yellow Bank Creek,                           Lock 21, Yellow Bank
At Shack Road                                        Locks 22 & 23 Twin Locks
Along US52 at Rest Park,                        Lock 24 Gordon's
In Metamora at Mill,                                Lock 25 Metamora Lock

Canal Terminals

South: Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg

Central: Cleves, Valley Junction, North Bend, Harrison, New Trenton, Cedar Grove, Brookville, Metamora, Laurel, Berlin, Milltown, Connersville, Milton

North: Cambridge City, Hagerstown

GPS Readings

GPS Readings: The following is a list of GPS readings on the lock ruins within the Trail. If anyone else has already done this... I'd like to compare readings for verifications. GPS has room for errors. Paul B.

Lock 18      Brookville Basin     N39degrees 24.903'     W85degrees 00.771'

Lock 19     Brookville (north)   N39degrees 25.688'     W85degrees 01.035'
Butler Run Culvert                     N39degrees 25.698'     W85degrees 01.059'

Lock 20       Boundary Hill         N39degrees 25.781'     W85degrees 02.363'

Lock 21       Yellow Bank             N39degrees 26.191'     W85degrees 03.708'

Lock 22       Twins                       N39degrees 26.195'     W85degrees 05.698'
Lock 23           "                             N39degrees 26.118'     W85degrees 05.540'

Lock 24       Millville                    N39degrees 26.825'     W85degrees 07.440'

Lock 25       Metamora                 N39degrees 26.826'     W85degrees 08.151'

Paul Baudendistel, Donald Burden