I took a hike through a portion the Cuyahoga Valley National Park this morning, specifically through the Deep Lock Quarry area. The site's rather descriptive name features two main attractions: an old quarry site (from which large millstones once were hewn) and the remains of the deepest lock along the Ohio and Erie Canal (which apparently opened up Ohio to the rest of eastern America many years back).

I would have liked to venture to the bottom of the lock to take some photos, but since there was still maybe a foot or two of water pooled at the bottom (that and if I climbed down I don't think I'd be able to climb back up myself), I merely took a few photos from the upper level of the lock.

Nevertheless, I still would have been under water had I occupied the same space some 150 years ago when the lock was in operation.

The photo doesn't covey it, but it was still quite a drop down to the lowest level.