Rediscovered in June of 1990 by construction workers working on the widening of US 24 just East of I-469.
- Gronauer Lock Prospectus by Hon. Lynn Shaw, Mayor of New Haven prepared by Craig Leonard at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Saving the Gronauer Lock Canal Society of Indiana by the Canal Society of Indiana published January 22, 2017 on YouTube
The story of rediscovering the Gronauer Lock, a wooden lock that operated on the Wabash and Erie Canal. -
Canal carried Fort Wayne fortward
four page The News-Sentinel newspaperarticleJuly 27, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook on Facebook:
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In June of 1990 construction workers stumbled on the Gronauer Lock while working on the widening of US 24 just East of I-469. The News SENTINEL ran a four page pullout by Bob Caylor on February 19, 1992 or February 19, 1991 (dates on pullout are conflicting). This is the opening page about THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL for "Throwback Thursday"!
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Page 2, Locks inched boats through the canals
August 3, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook on Facebook:
For "Throwback Thursday" we share Part 2 of the 4 part News SENTINEL pullout by Bob Caylor from February 19, 1991.
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Page 3, Hardship marked canal travel
August 10, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook on Facebook:
For "Throwback Thursday" we share Part 3 of The News Sentinel pullout by Bob Caylor from 1991.
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Page 4, Lock holds keys to the past
August 16, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:
The last of the 4 page pullout from the Fort Wayne News Sentinel by Bob Caylor on THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL dated February 19,1991 for "Throwback Thursday"!
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63 black & white photos of the lock at the contruction site are found at the Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN PHOTOS FROM SURVEY HAER IN-74 at The Library of Congress.
Notes - Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were constructed on either the timber frame or crib plan were subject to greater wear, deterioration and rot. Lock No. 2 provides an example of nineteenth century wooden lock technology. Engineered to provide a seven-foot lift, Lock No. 2 was one of three similar locks between Fort Wayne and the Ohio/Indiana state line. It was originally constructed between 1837-43 as a Timber Frame Lock (according to the engineer's report of 1837) and in 1849 it was rebuilt as a Timber Crib Lock, the latter being a sturdier type of wood lock construction. At least one additional major repair and/or reconstruction occurred. Lock No. 2 is locally known by the name of its former lockkeeper, Joseph Gronauer and his family. Their farm and store were located adjacent to the lock on the north side, throughout the years of its operation. The family farmhouse remained intact at the site until its demolition between 1942 and 1945. The 20-mile section of the canal within which Lock No. 2 is located, once formed a link between the Fort Wayne-Lafayette portion of the Wabash and Erie Canal to the west and the Miami and Erie Canal in Ohio, to the east. When it was finally completed in 1843, travel and commerce to the Great Lakes and the eastern seaboard, via Toledo, Ohio became possible for the citizens of Indiana. - Survey number: HAER IN-74.
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On U.S. 24 facing west toward the I-469 overpass in this Street View photo from Google map
Is Image 34 the same general location as the Street View photo from Google map?34. 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 overpass of the new I-469 is in the background. - Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN Photos from Survey HAER IN-74.
From Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA at The Library of Congress. -
68 photos are found in a search for Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2 at Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey: Search Results at The Library of Congress. Photo posted October 31, 2022 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
- File:Grovenour Lock location.JPG photo at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- New Haven, IN: Wabash & Erie Canal Lock #2
(HAER (63 photos) via in0341; HAER photo list; Satellite, evidently the south lanes of US-24 were built over the canal. According to some of the photos, it was located just east of where the ramp now joins US-24.) Starting on Page 8 of the data file [23-page document above] is a general history of the canal.
posted March 6, 2019 on Towns and Nature blog. - WABASH & ERIE CANAL, LOCK NO. 2 (Gronauer Lock) 23 page document, original construction between 1837 and 1843, rebuilt in 1849. 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. 24 New Haven vicinity Allen County, Indiana, discovered in 1992 when building an interchange on I-469. HAER No. IN-74, /NO PHOTOGRAPHS, WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA, HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD, Northeast Field Area, Chesapeake/Allegheny System Support Office, National Park Service, U.S. Custom House, 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
- Canal's Gronauer Lock could be reburied 25 years after it was first resurrected by Kevin Leininger published April 5, 2016 in The News-Sentinel newspapernow on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
- Some of canal's Gronauer Lock timbers previously found a second home by Kevin Kilbane published April 6, 2016 in The News-Sentinel newspaperno longer online.
- A short video dated 10-3-1992 of the public visiting the Gronauer Lock was posted March 8, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook
