| Dig: An Archaeological Investigation in Akron's Cascade Locks Park Contributor(s): Gieck, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873389336 ISBN-13: 9780873389334 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $13.81 Product Type: DVD-Video Published: March 2007 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
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| Publisher Description: 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. Jack Gieck is a retired engineer. He is past-president of the Canal Society of Ohio and founder of Cinemark, Inc., a producer of technical and historical films including the award-winning video series Ohio's Canal Era. He is the author of the popular A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913 (Kent State University Press, 1992) and Early Akron's Industrial Valley: A History of the Cascade Locks (Kent State University Press, 2008). |