Lock 52 in Port Byron was a busy place prior to 1917. In the vicinity of the lock, you would have seen a bustling waterfront, with dozens of boats locking up or down the canal. At Tanner's Dry Dock, just up the canal from the lock, canal boats were . . . — — Map (db m83641) HM
April 27, 1865, train carrying
Pres. Lincoln's casket stopped
at Port Byron Station 1.3 mi
north of here. Station draped
with mourning and flags. — — Map (db m182152) HM
Port Byron native gifted bible to Pres. Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Received letter of thanks from John Nicolay, Lincoln’s private secretary. — — Map (db m230540) HM
During the ice ages of the last 2 million years, glaciers sculpted the land surface forming, amongst other features, the many rounded and elongated hills called drumlins that are seen from the Thruway between Rochester and Syracuse. From this . . . — — Map (db m103583) HM
Lock 52 on the Erie Canal was once a busy place. Built in 1851 and lengthened on the berm side in 1887 to accommodate two boats hitched together in tandem, the lock created a popular stopping point for canal boatmen. The 11-foot lift at Lock 52 . . . — — Map (db m103581) HM
The O.B. & H.E. Tanner Dry Dock was established near Lock 52 in Port Byron in 1873, replacing the earlier Ames Dry Dock. In its heydey, Tanner built and repaired a variety of canal boats, employing a crew of 18, including a shipwright, carpenters, . . . — — Map (db m83644) HM
About two hundred feet from here was once the location of the D. B. Tanner Dry Dock, built in 1863 on the former Clinton's Ditch alignment. Craftmen built and repaired canal cargo boats in the dry docks that carried grain, coal, lumber and the . . . — — Map (db m103582) HM
Erie House
The 1890s Erie House saloon was built by Italian immigrant brothers near Lock 52 for canalers, drydock workers, and the many Italians farming the rich mucklands. In this 1901 view, the brothers, Peter and Salvatore Van Detto, stand . . . — — Map (db m182181) HM
Construction of the Erie Canal was hailed as the greatest engineering
accomplishment to that time. Under the leadership of Governor De Witt Clinton,
construction began July 4, 1817. With little technical knowledge, thousands
of workers . . . — — Map (db m146448) HM
The Erie Canal in Port Byron When the original Erie Canal or "Clinton's Ditch" was completed here in 1819, Port Byron was transformed from a frontier settlement to a thriving canal town. Indeed, the local citizens were so hopeful with the new . . . — — Map (db m103580) HM
This 1894 saloon and hotel belonged to the Van Detto family, recently arrived Italian immigrants. Located a few hundred feet east of Lock 52, the Erie House was a popular destination for the canal community. — — Map (db m103562) HM
1. Park Hotel: Dates from the bustling railroad days in the mid-eighteen hundreds when it was known as "National Hotel". The Park Hotel was built by Samuel Lamkin in 1835. Its reputation and ownership has changed many times. 2. Masonic Block: . . . — — Map (db m83600) HM
