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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: October 20, 2017
Caption: Port Byron's Lock 52 Detail
Additional Description: Detail of the recess in the lock wall for the lock gate. Notice the very top row of stone, extending over the recess in the lock chamber wall; In 1895 New York State launched another rebuilding of the Erie Canal, to increase the depth of the channel from seven to nine feet. The additional depth would allow for more heavily loaded boats. Though never completed statewide, here in Port Byron the work was finished.
Submitted: October 26, 2017, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p401480
File Size: 0.789 Megabytes

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