The Sluice and Hall Spillway

The Sluice and Hall Spillway (HM1F5K)

Location: Lockport, NY 14094 Niagara County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 10.561', W 78° 41.174'

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Three waterways: Culvert No. 125, the old raceway, and Eighteen Mile Creek, met the canal in this area.

The old raceway entered the canal about 125 feet east of this point and has since been abandoned. It was used to supply the lower level of the canal with waters drawn from the upper level, and then drained into Eighteen Mile Creek.

Eighteen Mile Creek enters this sluice to your right, and passes under the canal through Culvert No. 125.

The Hall Spillway was used to control the turbulence and to increase the water flow when the locks were open for the passage boats and barges. It also emptied into culvert No. 125.It was important to control the water levels in the creek as there were over fifty industries using the water from the canal during the 1870's, and several industries now have permits to use water from the canal.

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HM NumberHM1F5K
Series This marker is part of the Erie Canal series
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Historical Period19th Century
Historical PlacePark
Marker TypeHistoric Structure
Marker ClassHistorical Marker
Marker StyleFree Standing
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 4:19am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 688055 N 4782960
Decimal Degrees43.17601667, -78.68623333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 10.561', W 78° 41.174'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 10' 33.6600" N, 78° 41' 10.4400" W
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Area Code(s)716, 585
Can be seen from road?Yes
Is marker in the median?No
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 232 Market St, Lockport NY 14094, US
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