I need to say thanks to several people who made this site possible:

• To my wife Candi for driving me to photo shoots, and for putting up with all my time at the computer.

• To Bob Heidel for entrusting me with his father's slides of the canal and for his constant emails of encouragement. And for his visit in April of 2004, driving me all over the full length of the canal, from Glasgow to Bolivar. I would not have got to the Western Division as much as I did without him.

• To the late Richard Heidel whose wonderful photos of the canal lit the fire under me to get this project going.

• To the other folks who drove me to and accompanied me on photo shoots: Steve Meek, Butch Seitz, Brian & Kathy Shepherd, Ana Lewis, Boone Triplett, my daughter Rachel, my son Andy, and my brother-in-law Jim Stimpert.

• To the landowners who gave their kind permission for me to go on their land and photograph the locks, especially the Vodrey family.

• To Doug Bacso for answering so many questions about lock numbering and locations.

• To Gerald Walker for loaning me his canal materials, and for his tour of the Dungannon area.

• To the folks at the Canal Society of Ohio who put together and led the 2004 Spring Tour of the Western Division.

• To Terry Woods for his help straightening me out on the Western Division.