GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!
Back when the interurban an electric trolley came threw Lockville, the traction line as it was called ran along the former Samuel's Driveway that once led to the Jefferson Springs bottled Water company (Samuel's Home) .This also is parallels the Lockville Canal and as a result there were little ponds occasionally that were once part of the canal. In the 1920s the traction line complete with its live third rail and proximity to old canal ponds made for a natural fish fry.
More than one Lockville resident went fishing by taking a big cable and putting one end of it in the water and the other via stick or post on the hot traction line and well the next thing you know dinner was floating up to greet you. This gave all new meaning to the term Fish Fry.
The interurban dried up with the depression and the ponds were drained but still when you travel threw Lockville today all you need to do is follow the BIG Major power poles on the back side of the park (west side of town) and that was the route of the interurban.
Who ever dreamed Lockville the sleepy little town time continues to forget had such a hot-wire past?
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