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miles, to Websport, which is situated near the mouth of the Waka- 
tomaka Creek, a small westerly branch of that river, one hundred 
and forty nine miles from Cleveland. This place is on the lowest 
level between the Portage and the Licking summits, from both of 
which there is an uninterrupted descent to this point. Proceeding 
from the Portage summit, southwardly, the canal occupies the west 
side of the river to Clinton, six miles; crossing here by means of a 
dam, it occupies the east or left side of the river, twenty eight miles, 
to.a point about three miles above the mouth of Sandy Creek. Here 
it recrosses to the right bank on an aqueduct, called the “ 'Tusca- 
rawas «rig and continuing thence on the west side, it crosses 
the Walhouding River, about half a mile from its junction with the 
—— on an aqueduct, and proceeds thence on the same side 
to Websport.” 
“The total descent from the Portage summit to the low level at 
Websport, is two hundred and thirty eight and a half feet, and is ef- 
fected by means of twenty nine locks, in a distance of one hundred 
and nine miles from the summit lake.”* 
“In proceeding from the low level towards the Ohio, the canal 
leaves the immediate valley of the Muskingum, and pursuing a south 
westerly direction, it ascends the valley of the Wakatomaka about 
nine miles, and passing through a gap in the range of hills which 
separates this valley from that of the Licking, it enters and ascends 
the valley of that stream; to Newark, in Licking County; thence 
continuing along the valley of the south fork of the same stream, it 
hes the Licking summit, one hundred and ninety one miles from 
Lake Erie.” _ 
“The Licking summit is the highest ground over which the canal 
passes between the valleys of the Muskingum and the Scioto rivers; 
but the canal here occupies the point of greatest depression in the 
dividing ridge, or rather table land, which separates the two valleys. 
The total ascent in the canal, from the low level at Websport to the 
Licking summit, is one hundred and sixty feet, which is overcome 
by means of nineteen locks, and the distance is forty two miles. 
The elevation of the Licking summit level is three hundred and 
* The descent from the Dresden or Websport level to low water mark in the Ohio, 
at the mouth of the Muskingum, is one hundred and fifty four and a half feet; from 
which it appears that the surface of low water in the vit: at the mouth of the Musk- 
ingum, is two feet higher than the surface of Lake Erie 
