01/30/02 - CACHE STATUS UPDATE!! - Sue and I checked on the cache this evening and it is alive and well - good luck in your quest. :)
SAFETY WARNING: The cache area is very near in proximity to water. Given the recent weather conditions, the ground near the cache is VERY ICY & FORZEN SOLID, for the most part. Please use care when approaching the cache coordinates to avoid a slip/slide/fall on the icy slope.
Enjoy your hunt!!
-John & Sue
The only remaining intact lock of the old Oswego Canal is Mud Lock, which can be seen in Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool. This lock was named after the conditions in which it was built!
In 1836 the acting canal commissioners were authorized (chapter 79) to rebuild the lock known as Mud lock of such size and dimensions as in their judgment the public interest and onvenience required. This lock was originally built of wood, but under this act it was rebuilt of stone, and it was moved a little east of the former lock. This alteration in the line improved the navigation by rendering the access to and from the river more safe and easy, and by avoiding a bar that was forming at the foot of the old lock.
In 1887 work progressed on the contracts for lengthening locks. Lock No. 1 was lengthened at the foot and as it was built on a rock foundation, little trouble was experienced. But lock No. 5 ("Mud Lock") always had given a great amount of trouble, and here quicksand was encountered. However, after the expenditure of a great deal of time and money all obstacles were overcome and the lock was completed in the spring of 1887.
Plans are in the works for renovation of the Mud Lock area of Onondaga Lake Park.