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As constructed, the locks were at the southern end of the Loramie Summit, which stretches 21 miles (34 km) from Lockington north to New Bremen. [3]: 21 Lockington was a leading point on the canal: besides its locks, the village is the site of the junction of the canal with Loramie Creek, which it originally spanned with an aqueduct, and the village lay at the end of a feeder line that brought ...
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians.
Lock E-2 in Waterford. The Waterford Flight is a set of locks on the Erie Canal in upstate New York.Erie Canal Locks E-2 through E-6 make up the combined flight at Waterford, which lifts vessels from the Hudson River to the Mohawk River, bypassing Cohoes Falls. [1]
On July 3, 1827, the first canal boat on the Ohio and Erie Canal left Akron, traveled through 41 locks and over 3 aqueducts along 37 miles (60 km) of canal, to arrive at Cleveland on July 4. While the average speed of 3 mph (5 km/h) may seem slow, canal boats could carry 10 tons of goods and were much more efficient than wagons over rutted trails.
Today, Lock 21 (Swains Lock) has a Potomac address and is located in the Travilah census-designated place. [26] [27] The flood of 1889 caused damages to the entire canal estimated to be $1 million (equivalent to $33,911,111 in 2023). [28] In the case of the Lock 21 lock house, the upstream end wall was swept away. Repairs to the house included ...
Watervliet Side Cut Locks, also known as the West Troy Side Cut Locks and "Double Locks," is a historic set of locks for the Erie Canal located at Watervliet in Albany County, New York. The side cut locks connected the Erie Canal to the Hudson River to allow for simplified access from Troy.
Original northern five step lock structure crossing the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport, before restoration. The Flight of Five Locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York is a staircase lock constructed to lift or lower a canal boat over the Niagara Escarpment in five stages. The locks are part of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. [1]
Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District is a discontiguous national historic district located in the City of Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It includes two contributing buildings and 10 contributing structures. [2] It encompasses resources associated with the Enlarged Erie Canal, 1835–1862, Locks 9 through 18. The district includes five ...