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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 aqueduct," apd continuing thence on the west side, it crosses 

 the Walhouding River, about half a mile from its junction with the 

 Muskingum, 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 

 reaches 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 Ohio, at the mouth of the Musk- 

 ingum, is two feet higher than the surface of Lake Erie. 



