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I also would be very interested to see a picture of the lock. Maybe it will give someone a better clue.
Claude Richards
"Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. Government is force; like fire it is a dangerous servant -- and a fearful master.”
—George Washington
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:54:37 -0700
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> Hope someone familiar with Virginia canals and locks might be able to assist me...
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> My father who was born in 1904 had a large padlock which I inherited. This is a rather large lock (much larger than what I think would be used on a trunk or chain). it has a large key and it locks and opens well. My dad told me (back in the era when I was not interested in history/genealogy), that it was used on a canal lock. This lock was one of his "keepers" and he never used it, just had it set aside.
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> I have found in the mid 1800s census where his g-grand pa's occupation was "boatman"
> in Buckingham...and I have seen other kin listed as "canalman" and although I can't find it, I believe one was listed as a lock-keeper.
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> My question to the list - what/how would this padlock have been used in connection with canal lock?
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> PS...my grandson is interested and I have promised it to him...but would love to add the history along with it.
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> Thanks for help and or suggestions.
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> Alice in Fluvanna
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