Erie Canal
Page 6 of 20 — Showing results 51 to 60 of 198
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM161R_erie-lock-60_Macedon-NY.html
Through these hallowed chambers passed untold thousands. Built in 1821Clinton's Ditch Lock #71 1841 Erie enlargement Lock #60 1874 doubled - 1888 lengthened
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM161U_crossroads-of-transportation_Rochester-NY.html
Canals provide an inexpensive way to move people and goods
1825 The Erie CanalThe Erie Canal connects the Hudson River and Lake Erie. The 363 miles of navigable waterway provided a cost-efficient way to transport goods to and from the Great Lakes to New…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1624_cartersville_Pittsford-NY.html
An active shipping port on the Erie Canal. Horses were changed here in the Towpath era.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1647_richardson-tavern_Pittsford-NY.html
Beside old Erie Towpath at Hartwell's, now Bushnell's Basin, near Great Embankment western canal terminal 1821-1823 Shipping port until after 1850.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1664_erie-canal_Rochester-NY.html
Officially opened on October 26, 1825, the Erie Canal stretched 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and the Port of New York. It carried thousands of pioneers from the east to Rochester and cut the cost of ship…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17GV_second-erie-canal-aqueduct_Rochester-NY.html
Second Erie Canal AqueductOver Genesee River - Lower Levelcompleted in 1842Outstanding example of Erie Canal Construction and engineering Built in conjunction with the first major improvement and enlargement of the canalNathan S. Roberts (1776-1852) Enginee…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17GW_national-historic-civil-engineering-landmark_Rochester-NY.html
National Historic Civil Engineering LandmarkThe Erie CanalBegun at Rome, N.Y., July 4, 1817 - Completed 1825Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) Chief EngineerASCE 1967
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17VT_building-block-of-the-erie-canal_Fort-Hunter-NY.html
Limestone was used to build locks, aqueducts, and other features throughout New York State's canal system both because of its availability and its durability. This limestone block was a capstone from the Schoharie Aqueduct.
Local limestone formed under a…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM185X_syracuse-area_Syracuse-NY.html
Onondaga Indians, the keepers of the council fires for the Iroquois League, lived here. French soldiers and Jesuit missionaries came from Canada in 1654 to seek their friendship. In that year, Father Simon LeMoyne discovered salt springs in the area. Salt w…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM185Z_herkimer-little-falls-area_Little-Falls-NY.html
Where the Mohawk Valley narrows and pierces the ridge separating the Great Lakes from the Atlantic watershed were "The Little Falls," the first portage in travel up the river. Here lived the Canajoharie Indians, the Mohawk Upper Castle. The intervale above …