I wanna see more!

Yes. More, please, and a little info on the history, if you have it. The low-head dam says turbine-powered mill; do they still use the available energy for anything?

 

  Sorry I don't know more about Stockport. I visited there last weekend. The photo isn't mine.

 

  6 friends and I went to Stockport the traditional way: by water. We went on a 32 mile kayak trip from Rockeby Lock to Beverly on the Muskingum River and camped at Stockport.

 

    The Muskingum River was canalized beginning in 1841 and upgraded through the 1890's. Since then, commercial riverboat traffic has declined to almost nothing. The locks and dams are still there, and operated on summer weekends by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Normally, it costs a fee to use the locks, but last weekend it was free as a promotion. Even so, the system is lightly used. We passed about 15 recreational boats the entire weekend, though there are hundreds of boats tied up along the bank. 

 

    The locks are hand-operated. This system has the last remaining system of hand-operated locks in the United States. We locked through three locks. We paddled up to the lock and waved at the lockmaster, then watched him walk around in circles pushing a crank handle to open and close the gates.

 

    Stockport is in a sort of time warp. I don't think it has had any new construction since 1930.

 

    The tall building nearest the dam is Stockport Inn. It was formerly a flour mill that operated with a water turbine until 1997. It is now a restaurant and inn.