DIG An Archaeological Investigation in Akron’s Cascade Locks Park DVD by Jack Gieck 2007 DVD, $13.95 courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books Call (419) 281-1802 to order by phone.

A busy and densely packed valley in its heyday, this area once housed an iron foundry, a furniture factory, a distillery, several grist mills, and two rubber plants—all within a half-mile stretch of the canal. Still remaining are several watered locks and wasteway structures, evidence of the Cascade Race and tunnel two canal-era buildings; Ace Rubber/Garro Tread (one of Akron’s few remaining rubber plants); and two historic railroads. The entire Cascade Locks Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of the Interior in 1992.

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Of related interest:

Early Akron’s Industrial Valley: A History of the Cascade Locks
by Jack Gieck

A Photo Album of Ohio’s Canal Era, 1825–1913
by Jack Gieck

Of related interest (DVD):

Dawn of Hope

Ohio’s Canal Era

City at the Summit

Coming Home, 1865