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Erie Canal Scenes

The original Erie Canal was completed in 1825. It was forty feet wide by four feet deep with 77 locks.

The State of New York completely rebuilt the canal from 1905-1918. The new canal has a minimum bottom width of 75 feet and a depth of 12 feet with only 57 locks. It does not follow the original route in many places. A more complete history of the canal may be found here:
http://www.canals.state.ny.us/cculture/history/finch/index.html

Today, the canal is used primarily for pleasure boating.
Erie Canal Beer Cans
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Erie Canal Drydock
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Lock 28b - Newark, NY
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Sunk Dredge
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Erie Canal 14
Erie Canal 14
Erie Canal 7
Erie Canal 7
Erie Canal 30
Erie Canal 30
Erie Canal 17
Erie Canal 17
Erie Canal 2
Erie Canal 2
Erie Canal 5
Erie Canal 5
Erie Canal 28
Erie Canal 28
Erie Canal 35
Erie Canal 35
Erie Canal 40
Erie Canal 40
Erie Canal 19
Erie Canal 19
Erie Canal 23
Erie Canal 23
Erie Canal 34
Erie Canal 34
Erie Canal 20
Erie Canal 20
Erie Canal 33
Erie Canal 33
Erie Canal 3
Erie Canal 3
Erie Canal 15
Erie Canal 15
Erie Canal 24
Erie Canal 24
Erie Canal 39
Erie Canal 39
Erie Canal 36
Erie Canal 36
Erie Canal 9
Erie Canal 9
Erie Canal 18
Erie Canal 18
Erie Canal 29
Erie Canal 29
Erie Canal 27
Erie Canal 27
Erie Canal 6
Erie Canal 6
Erie Canal 10
Erie Canal 10
Erie Canal 41
Erie Canal 41
Erie Canal 25
Erie Canal 25
Erie Canal 8
Erie Canal 8
Erie Canal 4
Erie Canal 4
Erie Canal 16
Erie Canal 16
Erie Canal 32
Erie Canal 32
Erie Canal 21
Erie Canal 21
Erie Canal 26
Erie Canal 26
Erie Canal 1
Erie Canal 1
Erie Canal 12
Erie Canal 12
Erie Canal 38
Erie Canal 38
Erie Canal 22
Erie Canal 22
Erie Canal 31
Erie Canal 31
Erie Canal 11
Erie Canal 11
Erie Canal 13
Erie Canal 13
Erie Canal 37
Erie Canal 37