83 creased to five, each doing an extensive business. At first the grain was taken by boats, the flour by flat boats, down the Stillwater. Tuscarawas and Muskingum as far as Dresden, where a lock connected the river and canal, but about 1835 a lock was constructed at Trenton, thereby greatly increasing the commercial facilities of Uhrichsville. A number of canal boats were built here by George Wallick, and for a time the village enjoyed all the advantages of a canal town. The construction of the Pan Handle Railroad, however, completely sapped the vigor of the village by depriving it of its trade. Numerous stations along the line became shipping points, and business at Uhrichsville sank to a ' very low ebb. Property depreciated rapidly and could be bought for a fraction of its former value. The town had developed as a grain port, and when this was gone it was left a stranded, overgrown country town. Its growth was slight till the hum of the railroad shops was heard across Little Stillwater, when a new era of existence began, which has rapidly advanced it in size, population and importance. The constuction of the C. L. and W. R. R. gave new impetus to the
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