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Photographer: New York State Archives
Caption: Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23 Marker - Double Lock Detail
Additional Description: "A diagram of the double lock, seen from the side, top, front, and back."
Double Locks for the Erie Canal Enlargement, c.1840 ink and watercolor on paper, 23 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.
Courtesy of New York State Archives
The pier that the Union College Students built at Lock 23 is similar to the one on the left in this drawing.
Submitted: November 28, 2009, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p87602
File Size: 0.246 Megabytes

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