On Knowlesville Road (County Route 4) at Portage Road, on the right when traveling north on Knowlesville Road.
[east side] Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross country skiing and other recreational activities. The Canalway Trail parallels the New York State Canal . . . — — Map (db m82030) HM
On Stony Point Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
In the 19th century, improved navigational aids were required, as the number of commercial vessels increased. In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened, allowing ships to sail from the Great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Hudson River, a tidal . . . — — Map (db m11693) HM
Crescent When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, the commercial
focus in Halfmoon shifted to the village of Crescent
where the longest aqueduct on the system carried the
canal across the Mohawk River. That aqueduct was
replaced in 1842. Between . . . — — Map (db m128408) HM
These stone remnants mark the northern end of the aqueduct which carried the Erie Canal over the Mohawk River between 1825 to 1915 — — Map (db m129628) HM
On Balltown Road (New York State Route 146), on the right when traveling north.
Aqueduct, 1842
Second aqueduct erected on
site to carry Erie Canal
across Mohawk River.
Nearby are Locks 21 & 22
and a former canal store.
— — Map (db m37826) HM
Near Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling west.
Built in the 1820s, many years after the Revolutionary War, this section of the Champlain Canal followed the same natural north-south route chosen by Burgoyne’s invading army. Linking the Hudson River with Lake Champlain, the canal joined northern . . . — — Map (db m36829) HM
On Riverview Road close to Van Vranken Road, on the right when traveling east.
This bridge was designed and built by Squire Whipple (1804-1887), a Union college graduate, class of 1830. Originally erected over the Erie Canal at Fultonville in Montgomery County, the bridge was moved after the canal closed in 1917 to the . . . — — Map (db m59702) HM
On Riverview Road, on the right when traveling east on Riverview Road.
The Volvyder family constructed a dry dock
at this location about the time the Erie Canal It appeared as "Volvyder's Dry
Dock” on an 1834 map of the canal. The dry
dock was refurbished and enlarged in 1842 when
the Erie Canal was widened . . . — — Map (db m138955) HM
On Ferry Drive, 0.1 miles south of Riverview Road when traveling south.
The ferry established here by Eldert Vischer in the late 18th century encouraged the growth of a settlement. Early settler Benjamin Mix began keeping a tavern by 1788 and a store by 1791. The tavern, built on the site of the present day firehouse, . . . — — Map (db m171665) HM
On Riverview Road at Van Vranken Road, on the right when traveling east on Riverview Road.
In the fall of 1977, the New York State
Department of Transportation and the Town of
Clifton Park embarked on a unique partnership.
This venture established the 600-acre historically
and ecologically significant Vischer Ferry Nature
and . . . — — Map (db m138954) HM
On Riverview Road close to Van Vranken Road, on the right when traveling east.
Gift of the Citizens of Montgomery County
Originally built by Squire Whipple across the Enlarged Erie Canal at Sprakers in 1869
This type of bridge was adopted by the Canal Commissioners in the 1850s as the standard iron bridge to cross the . . . — — Map (db m59693) HM
Near Broad Street just south of 5th Street (New York State Route 32), on the right when traveling west.
[Front Side- Left Panel]
Welcome to
Lock 2 Park
You may continue across Lock 2 to stay on the Champlain Trail to access:
•Garret Field
•Old River Lock #4
•The Waterford Rural Cemetery
•The Northside Business District . . . — — Map (db m50971) HM
On Museum Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Erected 1830 by Hugh White
who helped develop Cohoes
Power and Industry; R. R.
Builder; Congressman; Brother
of Canvass White, C. E.,
Builder of Erie Canal
— — Map (db m11532) HM
On New York State Route 146, on the right when traveling north.
In 1817, the Erie Canal was established under the management of the Erie Canal Commission. The canal was dug from Albany to Buffalo 4’ deep and 40’ wide with stone locks 15’x 90’. The locks were the limiting factor on boat size, and the efficiency . . . — — Map (db m128557) HM
The stonework surrounding you is the remains of lock 23 of the Enlarged Erie Canal. Canal boats, drawn by mules and horses, passed through the chambers on either side of you on their way toward revolutionizing transportation in the mid-nineteenth . . . — — Map (db m25101) HM
About 3000 feet from modern Lock 8 is Lock 23, built in 1841 during the enlargement of the Erie Canal (1836-1862). It replaced original Erie Canal Lock 26.
Enlarging the canal became imperative by the mid-1830's after user demand outstripped the . . . — — Map (db m93716) HM
Head of navigation on the Mohawk, this thriving gateway post funneled traders, soldiers and settlers west for over 160 years. Warehouses -- filled with furs, grain, salt, potash and other goods -- lined the far bank of the Binnekill. Hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m53146) HM
Near New York Empire State Trail south of Canal Street & Lock Street, on the left when traveling north.
You are standing at the remains of Lock 25 of the Historic Erie Canal.
Construction of the Erie Canal began in 1817 and opened in its entirety in 1825. The Erie Canal is considered the engineering marvel of the 1800s. When the federal . . . — — Map (db m193907) HM
These stone arches are the remains of an aqueduct that conveyed the Erie Canal across the Plotter Kill Creek. Aqueducts were used to carry the canal and its towpath over rivers, ravines, and other obstructions. They each consisted of an arched . . . — — Map (db m125976) HM
On New York State Route 5S, 0.1 miles west of New York State Route 890, on the right when traveling north.
Built 1840-1841 to replace
original 1825 structure.
Carried boats on Erie Canal
across Plotterkill. Rebuilt
after July 1891 storm. — — Map (db m162654) HM
On Erie Blvd at Union Street, on the right when traveling west on Erie Blvd.
The Seventeenth Century
The Schenectady Stockade is one of the oldest communities in America. Founded by the Dutch on land purchased from the Mohawk Indians in 1661, it came under English rule three years later. From the earliest days a timber . . . — — Map (db m58817) HM
Work began here in Rotterdam in 1908 on Erie Barge Canal Lock 8. In addition to constructing Lock 8, engineers built a three-span moveable dam (about 510 feet wide) that raises boats heading upstream as much as 15 feet when the dam is activated. . . . — — Map (db m130555) HM
The Finger Lakes of central New York occupy deep north-south valleys bordered by beautiful sloping shore lines which are occasionally cut by picturesque glens and gorges. From west to east these sparkling lakes are Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, . . . — — Map (db m57113) HM
On West Shore Boulevard at Whitbeck Road, on the right when traveling east on West Shore Boulevard.
A Vast Enterprise
The Erie Canal was a vast commercial enterprise that required an army of men, women,
and children to maintain and operate: surveyors,
engineers, lock tenders, toll collectors, bridge
operators, repair crews, and bank . . . — — Map (db m117641) HM
On Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
1722 Blockhouse constructed
1782 Military Tract #27 (now Town of Galen) established for Revolutionary War medical staff veterans
1811 Permanent settlement, Lauraville, begins south of river
1825 Erie Canal completed/Stow Insurance Office . . . — — Map (db m132026) HM
On Leach Road, 0.1 miles south of Water Street, on the left when traveling north.
Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 55, Lyons, New York
H.G. Hotchkiss Peppermint Company
Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Rail Road
Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal, Wayne County, New York
Enlarged Erie Canal (1840-1905) Lock E-55, located just east . . . — — Map (db m117683) HM
On Geneva Street (New York State Route 14) at Montezuma Street, on the left when traveling north on Geneva Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m246034) HM
The Lyons Drydock
Thee Lyons drydock, located just west of the village
was the last drydock built on the New York State
Canal System after nearly a century of improvements.
Drydocks like the one at Lyons were needed so that canal
boats . . . — — Map (db m117654) HM
Macedon's
Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 60
Historic Site
The original 1825 Erie Canal (Clinton's Ditch), proved so successful
that in 1841 lock 60 was built as a single chamber as part of a
system wide enlargement. Whereas the "Ditch” . . . — — Map (db m117601) HM
On Canal Park, 0.2 miles west of Railroad Avenue when traveling west.
Have you wondered, "What are these boxes and what were they used for?
These boxes have historical value and were used in a variety of ways. In circa 1900
they were used on Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY for oil barges to tie up to while
waiting . . . — — Map (db m117606) HM
On Wayneport Road, 0.1 miles south of Quaker Road, on the left when traveling north.
In remembrance of - The 26 Erie Canal laborers buried here, stricken in 1846. "They built the longest canal, with the least experience, for the most public benefit" — — Map (db m117597) HM
On Wayneport Road at North Canal Road, on the right when traveling north on Wayneport Road.
Macedon's
Wayneport Historic Area
At one time known as West Macedon, Wayneport was the
first port in Wayne County east of Rochester on the original
Clinton's Ditch. The first post office in Macedon was located here.
On the south side of . . . — — Map (db m117596) HM
On West Miller Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling east on West Miller Street.
Joseph Miller On this site stood the home of Joseph Miller who founded Newark in 1819 and built local section of Erie Canal Ca. 1822. — — Map (db m117645) HM
On Vienna Street at East Union Street (New York State Route 31), on the right when traveling north on Vienna Street.
Lockville Erie Canal hamlet on this site incorporated in 1839 as village of Arcadia. Joined Newark in 1853. Row buildings of the period. — — Map (db m117646) HM
On Van Buren Road at North Clinton Street, on the right when traveling east on Van Buren Road.
The Lockville Locks in Newark Lock 59, about 300 feet away and across Clinton Street was part of the Enlarged Erie Canal, built between 1839 and 1841 in a section of town once known as Upper Lockville. Its two sister locks 58 and 57, were located . . . — — Map (db m117650) HM
Near West Main Street (New York State Route 31) 0.1 miles north of Creek Road.
Towpath and Aqueduct
The Palmyra-Macedon Aqueduct has worn the
years well judging from the engineer's drawings
below. The arched towpath, still completely intact,
spans Ganargua Creek as it has for almost 150 years
while the massive . . . — — Map (db m117615) HM
On U.S. 221 at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 221.
Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator.
Grave is 50 yds. east. — — Map (db m14598) HM
On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 18) at Old Depot Drive, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Part of the old channel lies near the highway. The Conneaut Line, from Erie to near Conneaut Lake, was begun by the State, 1838, and completed by the Erie Canal Company, 1843-44. Canal in use until 1871. — — Map (db m60439) HM
On Liberty Street (U.S. 322) 0.2 miles east of Center Street, on the right when traveling west.
Cut off from the rest of Pymatuning Swamp by a 3-mile bank, this became the 600-acre "Pymatuning Reservoir" of the canal, which lay at its western edge. Begun by the State, 1838; finished by the Erie Canal Company, 1843-44. — — Map (db m60437) HM
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