Photo Provided Lewis McPherson, lockmaster, is shown standing on a gate of Lock #1, a.k.a. the Viscose Lock in the Little Kanawha River, circa 1910. It was Lock #1 where the men in the story below ...
On the left is the bridge of the Parkersburg/Elizabeth turnpike and on the right, the bridge of the Little Kanawha Railroad. At that time Tucker’s Creek was the western boundary for the town.