Photo Provided Lewis McPherson, lockmaster, is shown standing on a gate of Lock #1, a.k.a. the Viscose Lock in the Little Kanawha River, circa 1910. It was Lock #1 where the men in the story below ...

A truck makes its way across the Fifth Street Bridge in Parkersburg Tuesday over a frozen Little Kanawha River. Unusually cold weather has caused ice to form in area waterways. (Photo by Art Smith) ...