Lyons in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

It is 1880 and You are Riding on a Packet Boat

Marker for Mural of Erie Canal @ Lyons image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018

1. Marker for Mural of Erie Canal @ Lyons

Inscription. It is 1880 and you are riding on a packet boat through Lyons, New York; as you pass and through Lock 55 the air is thick with the smell of peppermint oil having just been loaded for shipment by the Hotchkiss Building. Your packet boat just turned north going under the Elm Street Bridge; the familiar symbols of Lyons, the Wayne County Courthouse and the clock on the Methodist Church are in the distance. Up ahead is the Montezuma Street Bridge where your packet boat will again head east along what is now Clyde Rd. When the Barge Canal opened in 1918 this section of the Enlarged Erie Canal was filled in and is now a parking lot.

This mural painted by artist Erica Swenson, an RIT graduate, is depicting the Enlarged Erie Canal as it wound its way through the village in the late 1800's. Clinton's Ditch, as it was originally called, became the iconic waterway establishing settlement patterns for most of the United States, and made New York the financial capital of the world.

Mural Mania would like to thank Mike Victorious' for providing his MVP Auto Parts building for the installation of this gateway mural. Mural Mania would also

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like to thank the Boehmler Foundation for their generous donation to fund this mural. This mural is associated with the Global Mural Conference. This mural was dedicated in October of 2016.

This mural was painted on Evolon.

Erected 2016 by Mural Mania.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Erie Canal series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 2016.

Location. 43° 3.782′ N, 76° 59.46′ W. Marker is in Lyons, New York, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of Geneva Street (New York State Route 14) and Montezuma Street, on the left when traveling north on Geneva Street. The marker and mural are on the back of 6 Montezuma Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6 Montezuma Street, Lyons NY 14489, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

It is 1880 and You are Riding on a Packet Boat Mural & Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018

2. It is 1880 and You are Riding on a Packet Boat Mural & Marker

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Taylor Memorial Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Trolley Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Gratefully Dedicated (within shouting distance of this marker); Dedicated to All Lyons Firefighters (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 20th Century Transportation Mural (about 300 feet away); Dobbins Drug Store (about 400 feet away); The Bank (about 400 feet away); Lyons Downtown Historic District (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lyons.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018

3. It is 1880 and You are Riding on a Packet Boat Mural & Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2018. This page has been viewed 319 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on May 3, 2024. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 23, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.