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Article: Floating trail proposed for canal towpath: History could repeat itself on Akron's Summit Lake.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- March 7, 2007
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Byline: Bob Downing
Mar. 7--Something new is planned for the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in South Akron: a floating trail. It's the key element of a 7,000-foot extension planned by the City of Akron between Summit Lake and Wilbeth Road. The floating section -- 14 feet wide -- will follow the southern quarter of the lake and extend to the south under the Kenmore Boulevard bridge, said project engineer Michael Teodecki.
It should be similar to what the Ohio & Erie Canal once featured: a floating wooden path on which mules trod to pull canal boats across the lake, he said. Routing the trail over the lake will also solve a problem, because ...