Deep Cut and Millersport Cemetery

Millersport Cemetery
Millstreet
Millersport, OH 43046

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Deep Cut and Millersport Cemetery

The remarkable engineering feat known as the “Deep Cut” can be seen from the cemetery, especially during the winter months when the trees have no foliage. The change in grade leaving Buckeye Lake (Licking Reservoir) required digging a huge trench more than 100 feet wide to a depth of from 32 to 68 feet. It is a significant engineering feature in the southern descent of the Ohio & Erie Canal between Buckeye Lake and Portsmouth.

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Notes for Travelers

This is the best viewing spot for the Deep Cut (best during the winter months when the trees lose foliage). Deep Cut Road runs along the west side of the cut and is lined with homes making viewing difficult. The road is somewhat hilly, which is a result of the earth being excavated from the canal and placed along the edge of the canal.

https://visitfairfieldcounty.org/category/buckeye-lake/

The Italianate-style Pugh Mansion is located on Bickel Church Road in the area where the canal emerges from the Deep Cut into the plain of Fairfield County. A watered section of the canal still exists next to the property. During the 19th century there were canal buildings on the property at the edge of the canal. An image from the Evert’s 1875 Atlas shows the house, canal buildings, and canal.



Credits

Jeff Darbee, Nancy Recchie, David Meyer

Additional Resources

Meyer, David. Life Along the Ohio Canal – Licking Reservoir to Lockbourne and Columbus Feeder

Meyer, David. Life Along the Ohio Canal in the Scioto River Valley

The Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum is located at 4729 Walnut Road, Buckeye Lake 43005. http://www.millersportohio.com/history
Deep Cut near Millersport c. 1910