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By Steve Stoessel, August 25, 2024
Greece Erie Canals Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► New York, Monroe County, Greece — Greece Erie Canals —  |
| The Grand Erie Canal, also known as Clinton's Ditch, was opened to Brockport in 1823 and formally opened from Buffalo to Albany on Oct 26, 1825. This 4 foot deep, 40 foot wide canal was enlarged here in the early 1860s to 7 feet deep, 70 feet . . . — — Map (db m255170) HM | |||
| 2 ► New York, Monroe County, Greece — Greece "Dry Dock" — |
| The concrete abutments you see in the parking lot and across the canal were supports for rails that were used by an overhead gantry crane that was about 60 feet across and 25 feet high. A series of articles in The Rochester Herald in . . . — — Map (db m255302) HM | |||