Kerr Lock

“You're going to need a smaller boat.” Yes, Chief—you, Hooper, and Quint would never get the Orca through the Kerr Lock at Lagro, Indiana.

The Kerr Lock was built in the 1830s and was one of four locks near Lagro that helped boats navigate the Wabash River as part of the Wabash & Erie Canal. According to the Wabash County Tourism website, the locks were named Kerr, McDonald, Ditton, and Hayes after the men assigned to tend them. The Kerr Lock is still partially intact, and a paved walking trail allows visitors to walk through it with no fare charged. It is located, appropriately, at the intersection of Washington and Canal Streets. A sign there notes the importance of the Kerr Lock along the Wabash & Erie Canal, which was heavily used in the 1850s and ’60s.Locks are designed to help boats travel between bodies of water at different levels. A boat enters the lock, and then gates at both ends are closed. The lock tender would raise or lower the boat by adjusting the water level to match the direction the vessel was headed. Locks have been around for hundreds of years and are still in use today.

So, if you are in Lagro and hear ominous shark-attack music, get out of the lock.