Historical Marker Series

Erie Canal

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The Movable Dam at Lock 8. Schenectady/ Erie Canalway Trail. 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 upstr…
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Canajoharie/Canalway Trail/Pathway Through Mountains. . The Town and Village of Canajoharie take their name from the ancient Mohawk village that was once located in this area. Known by many as"the Boiling Pot", the name accurately translated as "The Pot Tha…
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Little Falls. Water Power for Sale/A Valley Corridor/Historic Sites and Community Services. . Water Power for Sale . The Little Falls of the Mohawk have been providing power for local mills and factories since 1770. . . An Industrial Center . Over the…
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A Bridge for Boats. The Little Falls Aqueduct. The pile of rocks in front of you is all that is left of a massive 214-foot-long aqueduct that once carried water and canal boats across the Mohawk River, connecting the original Erie Canal to a boat basin on t…
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The Canalway Trail. . Nope. No mules here. . . The Erie Canal song relates "I've got a mule and her name is Sal." Sorry, but Sal would not be pulling boats along this trail. This canal was constructed as the Barge Canal between 1905-1918 when bo…
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Is this the Erie Canal?. . The canal below your feet was constructed as part of the NYS Barge Canal. Started in 1905 and completed in 1918, it widened older canal sections and built new waterways to accommodate larger barges. This was a new section that byp…
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Clyde Historical Highlights. . . 1722 Blockhouse constructed . 1782 Military Tract #27 (now Town of Galen) established for Revolutionary War medical staff veterans . 1811 Permanent settlement, Luaraville, begins south of river . 1825 Erie Canal complete…
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Old Erie Canal. —. Formerly called Canton, Memphis was half-way stop on original canal route: 179 miles from Buffalo and 183 miles from Albany var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.g…
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The Erie Canal. Not Just Big. . New York State Big—. . Numbers Tell the Tale . The Erie Canal originally spanned 363 miles and was 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep. It was largely built by farmers and finished by immigrants, with not a single trained en…
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The Canalway Trail: Sprakers, also, Competition, also, Anything & Everything. . . The CanalWay Trail: Sprakers . Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross-country ski…