Lockport in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Canal Bridge No. E-225
Day Road
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
1. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Marker
There are three identical markers: south end, north end, and below.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Erie Canal series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.
Location. 43° 11.452′ N, 78° 38.995′ W. Marker is in Lockport, New York, in Niagara County. It is at the intersection of Day Road and Groff Road, on the left when traveling north on Day Road. There are three identical markers. Two are at either end of the bridge and one is on the Erie Canal towpath below. There is free public parking at the north end of the bridge off North Canal Road. The tow path is on the north side of the canal. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lockport NY 14094, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cold Springs Cemetery (approx. Ύ mile away); Chestnut Ridge (approx. 0.8 miles away); Canal Bridge No. E-224 (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lockport (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gertrude Warren (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Niagara Grape (approx. 1.3 miles away); Wyndham Lawn
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More about this marker. Bridge is single lane bidirectional traffic without signals.
Also see . . . Day Road Bridge - Historic Bridges.org. (Submitted on September 29, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
2. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Marker
Northbound on Day Road at Groff Road. Marker at left.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
3. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Marker
Northbound view.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
4. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Northbound
Note the towpath on the far (north) side of the canal, seen at left.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
5. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Marker
Southbound, an identical marker is on the right.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
6. Canal Bridge No. E-225 Marker
Here is the marker on the towpath and the marker on the north end of the bridge.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
7. Canal Bridge No. E-225
A mobile boom on a barge under the bridge. One man is on the boom performing bridge maintanence and the other man is boots on the barge.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
8. Canal Bridge No. E-225
Under the bridge on the tow path, north side of the Erie Canal.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 16, 2014
9. Canal Bridge No. E-225
View westward in the direction of the City of Lockport. The bridge is in the Town of Lockport.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 673 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on September 29, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
