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Media in category "Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2"
The following 60 files are in this category, out of 60 total.
A photograph from the east forebay, toward the west gate, showing all of the opened cribs on the south side. The hoses along the top of the cribs keep the timbers moist. The HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-34.tif
5,000 × 4,016; 19.15 MB
A photograph of the lock during preliminary archaeological work, looking west along the path of the lock, showing the pool, portions of the east forebay and its sills. - Wabash HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-19.tif
4,016 × 5,000; 19.15 MB
A photograph taken from the U.S. 24 embankment looking south, showing a unit dug to prove the length of the southwestern breast wall (in the right middle ground, beyond the HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-38.tif
5,000 × 4,055; 19.34 MB
A view from the north, looking south across the lock floor. Two layers of floor decking are visible at left, where part of the floor decking, damaged by telephone company HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-43.tif
5,000 × 3,997; 19.06 MB
A view looking northeast across the lock from the southwest edge of excavation. Contemporary 2' x 6' lumber supports a timber in the round which is suspected of not being a HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-35.tif
4,000 × 5,000; 19.08 MB
A view looking northeast, parallel to U.S. 24 shows an 'outrigger' crib which remains, within a yard of the roadway pavement and approximately 5 feet lower in grade. This HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-62.tif
4,001 × 5,000; 19.08 MB
A view looking northwest, across the lock, shows workmen using the crane sling, a billet of wood and a sledge to loosen the trenail and subsequently the mortise in a crib. - HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-52.tif
5,000 × 3,985; 19 MB
A view looking south which shows the telephone company disturbance about mid-way along the length of the lock. The 2' white oak cladding and fastening devices can be seen (the HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-11.tif
5,000 × 4,051; 19.32 MB
A view looking south, taken from the barriers along U.S. 24, this view shows the east forebay, east gate sills and recesses as well as four archaeological units along top of HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-20.tif
5,000 × 3,992; 19.04 MB
A view looking towards the southwest (and the west gate) showing the rhythm of the cribs and the adjacent parallel member of unknown provenance. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-36.tif
4,056 × 5,000; 19.34 MB
A view of the rear of the east forebay side wall. The viscous blue gley is compacted behind the member and keeps it water tight. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-40.tif
5,000 × 4,001; 19.08 MB
A view of the south facing rear wall of the cribs looking north. Water which is being drawn from the exposed canal and excavation of all sides of the cribs is causing the cribs HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-39.tif
4,002 × 5,000; 19.09 MB
A view similar to IN-74-36, looking toward the west gate, showing a temporary bridge or barrow way giving access to the cribs. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-37.tif
4,020 × 5,000; 19.17 MB
A view taken from U.S. 24, looking towards the west gate. Note the camber which has developed in some of the crib top members due to subsidence. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-33.tif
5,000 × 3,984; 19 MB
Close-up view looking east along polygonal forebay. The four large timber sills which run across this bay are clearly visible. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-18.tif
5,000 × 4,020; 19.17 MB
DETAIL- A view of the south breast wall of the west lock gate. A prototypical crib is shown immediately behind the wall in the center of the photograph and includes the first HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-31.tif
5,000 × 3,989; 19.02 MB
DETAIL- Crib supporting bay west of west gate, view looking north. Close-up view of floor, with several boulders shown under log timbers in situ. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-7.tif
4,016 × 5,000; 19.15 MB
DETAIL- Crib supporting bay west of west gate. View from the south, looking north at the southern or rear wall of the crib. In the background, west gate sill and bay is visible. HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-6.tif
5,000 × 4,040; 19.27 MB
DETAIL- Crib supporting bay, east of west (or upper) gate, looking south from inside lock. Tenon of crib timber is quite visible since the inner wall 2' planking has been burned HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-4.tif
5,000 × 4,038; 19.26 MB
DETAIL- Crib supporting bay, west of west gate. View from the east. Rear of west breast wall is visible behind log timbers. Breast wall timbers are squared. - Wabash and Erie HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-5.tif
5,000 × 4,013; 19.14 MB
DETAIL- East forebay, south wall. A gap between the wing wall and the lock wall in the bay just east of the east gate. No sill is present at this juncture, although one may have HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-21.tif
4,049 × 5,000; 19.31 MB
DETAIL- East gate sill, looking from inside lock chamber toward east forebay. Chamber walls can be seen to either side in the background. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-13.tif
5,000 × 4,085; 19.48 MB
DETAIL- Gate recess at east gate area. Planking of chamber walls and spikes (rear corner) are clearly visible. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-14.tif
4,056 × 5,000; 19.34 MB
DETAIL- South wall near west gate, showing the interior of a crib, looking south toward the rear crib wall. Note the plank inserted between the large timbers. These shims (or HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-25.tif
5,000 × 4,022; 19.18 MB
DETAIL- View across the floor of the lock chamber at the approximately center of the lock, looking toward the north wall. Clearly shown are 2' floor decking and spike head HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-10.tif
5,000 × 4,020; 19.17 MB
DETAIL- View from south wall near the west gate, looking north toward the rear of the lock wall, showing the interior of a crib. The buttress has been propped up by the HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-24.tif
5,000 × 4,073; 19.42 MB
DETAIL- View from the west bay to the south corner of the gate pivot area, showing the brace area, including the metal pivot, wood supports and wear (in a circular pattern HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-29.tif
4,089 × 5,000; 19.5 MB
DETAIL- View looking southwest from inside the chamber, showing the west gate sill, south corner. This photograph shows the most complete gate corner assembly in Lock No. 2. - HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-28.tif
4,015 × 5,000; 19.15 MB
DETAIL- View of north side of east gate, showing post and rounded pivot area. Unlike the south east pivot, only the gate sill remains. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-15.tif
4,024 × 5,000; 19.19 MB
DETAIL- West gate pivot area (south side). This feature retains its curved timber quoin, post base and part of the lower joinery intact. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-16.tif
3,996 × 5,000; 19.06 MB
DETAIL- West gate sill, looking northwest toward the south facing wall. The chamber wall planks and spikes can be clearly seen. Possible remnants of a gate lie in the bay west HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-27.tif
3,999 × 5,000; 19.07 MB
Environmental view from the lock looking south, with the canal right-of-way in center of photo, parallel to the road. This photo shows a new viaduct for I-469 and the relocated HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-1.tif
5,000 × 4,035; 19.24 MB
Long view, looking northeast across the east forebay. U.S. 24, (behind the barricade) and an out building of the former Gronauer house are visible in the background. - Wabash HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-12.tif
5,000 × 4,019; 19.17 MB
Looking north across the lock into the U.S. 24 embankment and barriers. The east forebay is seen in the right center of this view. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-9.tif
5,000 × 4,027; 19.2 MB
Looking south across the lock, about mid-way along its length, at the telephone cable disturbance and at two archaeological units which reveal a crib and its buttress. 2' white HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-22.tif
5,000 × 4,054; 19.33 MB
Looking south at the west gate sill, the pool and an exposed crib to the rear of the west gate recess. Taken from U.S. 24 embankment. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-26.tif
5,000 × 4,025; 19.2 MB
Looking to the west, to the west lock gate and pool. The ramp from U.S. 24 to the elevated new section of I-469 is in the background. View was taken from INDOT temporary service HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-8.tif
5,000 × 4,038; 19.26 MB
Open house at the site, Saturday, October 3, 1992. View north-northwest. Photograph shows the lock support floor joists on sleepers and the mortised crib walls. The 1 inch board HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-42.tif
5,000 × 4,018; 19.16 MB
Photograph looking north from western pool, along the cribs and channel toward the east forebay. U.S. 24 is on the left, the archaeological overburden windrow is on the right. - HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-30.tif
5,000 × 4,040; 19.27 MB
Photograph of the bottom of a crib unit, located at mid-lock, showing large 12' x 12' to 18' timbers, thought to be the foundation timbers or floor joists of the lock. - Wabash HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-41.tif
4,052 × 5,000; 19.32 MB
Same view, showing technicians hosing down the timbers. Shortly after this photograph was made, the timbers were completely submerged in water, held down by heavy concrete HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-60.tif
4,027 × 5,000; 19.2 MB
Same view. A slight raise and a quick drop was employed to remove the jammed mortised member. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-53.tif
5,000 × 3,992; 19.04 MB
Same view. Another member in the same crib is raised and taken into storage. These dressed timbers were rough cut with an adz and then jack planed to smoothness. The parts fit HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-55.tif
5,000 × 3,996; 19.06 MB
Same view. The crib back wall member, freed from the wall, is flown (upper right) to the flat bed truck. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-54.tif
5,000 × 3,968; 18.92 MB
View looking east. East bay is on the left. The dismantling of the last crib. Note the identifying tags nailed to the crib sidewalls. Foundation timbers and the outline of the HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-50.tif
5,000 × 3,967; 18.92 MB
View looking east. In the ground at center left, a top crib back member of the 'out-rigger' is visible. This member was accidentally revealed by a back loader. The revealed HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-47.tif
3,991 × 5,000; 19.03 MB
View looking west, toward the west bay of the lock. A derrick parked on a bench adjacent to U.S. 24 lowers its harness for the raising of a crib back wall section. The flat bed HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-51.tif
5,000 × 3,970; 18.93 MB
View looking west, toward west gate. Planks were laid in the mud (center left) so that visitors could view the inside of the south, forebay crib and examine the unusual right HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-46.tif
5,000 × 4,031; 19.22 MB
View looking west. Detail of a recess cut into the southwest corner of the forebay crib floor decking. This aperture was made to receive the crib buttress. - Wabash and Erie HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-57.tif
5,000 × 4,003; 19.09 MB
Timbers from the lock are shown in one of two large, unused, waste water settling tanks (near the city of New Haven, at some distance from the lock site). All members have been HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-59.tif
5,000 × 4,024; 19.19 MB
View along the length of the lock, from the east, looking southwest Oak shooks and carpet protected the resource from visitor traffic. A worker is 'watering down' the lock, to HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-45.tif
5,000 × 4,066; 19.39 MB
View from above the pool looking west from the east gate to the west gate of the lock, showing the collapsed lock gate at the east end, the breast walls and the double row of HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-3.tif
5,000 × 3,986; 19.01 MB
View looking east. Detail showing an end of three crib side walls, being flown by the derrick. The upper part of the fourth member, marked with an identifying tag, shows HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-56.tif
4,021 × 5,000; 19.18 MB
View looking north-northeast along the alignment of the lock, after the removal of all timbers. Note, at left foreground, sawn members which will remain buried at the site. - HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-61.tif
5,000 × 4,025; 19.2 MB
View looking north. A detail which shows the log crib support mortised into the rear (north) wall of the 'outrigger'. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-63.tif
3,931 × 5,000; 18.75 MB
View looking north. Detail of the northwest gate pivot in place. This iron forging was held in place by rabbeting in the deck members and two spikes. The use for the large iron HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-58.tif
5,000 × 4,046; 19.3 MB
View looking northwest across lock. Hose cleaning of east forebay before pulling spikes. - Wabash and Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-48.tif
5,000 × 4,015; 19.15 MB
View looking south across the lock chamber. Medium close-up of a crib shown in photo IN-74-22. The rear crib wall is squared on the inner side and a portion of the buttress is HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-23.tif
5,000 × 4,016; 19.15 MB
View looking south. A high perspective of the first bay on the south side of the lock. The recesses and grooves are plainly seen in the west lock gate sills. - Wabash and Erie HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-32.tif
5,000 × 3,999; 19.07 MB
View of the east forebay from overburden windrow looking north across U.S. 24, showing how the canted timbers and sills disappear into the embankment on the north side. The HAER IND,2-NEHA.V,1-17.tif
5,000 × 4,044; 19.29 MB