In 1917, Canal Engineers realized Erie Barge Canal docks along the Genesee River would not be ready for the opening on May 15, 1918. The Junction Lock was hurriedly constructed to allow boats to continue to use the Enlarged Erie Canal through . . . — — Map (db m255310) HM
On Ridgeway Avenue 0.1 miles west of Long Pond Road (County Route 136), on the left when traveling west.
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
