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$285,595
$245,124
$290.280
$78.921
Albany.
$126,652
$212,045
$357.595
$205.563
$340.067
312.654
253,234
116.953
67.965
West Troy
37,181
124.793
153.402
186.947
356.915
315.442
301.262
349.517
110.837
Schenectady.
29,819
37,806
64.973
23.670
9,544
9.312
21.705
9.473
5,173
Fultonville.
5,015
4.643
Little Falls
6,124
8,772
16,840
16,505
13.389
9.382
5,967
5.349
5.028
L'tica.
46,302
46.142
50,575
42,600
63.507
55.514
41.808
37,159
26.720
Rome ....
21,060
28,835
36,456
36.063
55.997
40.283
52,427
40.906
31.638
Syracuse
35,349
85,876
74.756
69,384
119.229
78,095
48.233
35.162
31.292
Jordan ...
Montezuma ...
=55,635
82.611
93.809
86,581
103.826
77,837
37,830
29,740
18.821
Lyons
11,197
24,229
23.018
21,855
17,432
19.197
10.553
10.172
9,898
l'almyra ..
21,466
48,338
40,180
61,199
58,021
53.798
19.594
12.357
14.994
Rochester
88,494
150,129
176,140
248.210
224.529
190.532
101,087
88.130
86.204
Brockport ...
7,517
12,314
24.982
7.587
10.897
65.932
6,304
18.180
101.171
Albion
$3,793
12,139
19.865
30,844
36,263
26,355
25.899
3.132
14.378
Medina.
10,514
21,553
52.129
23,227
106,413
1×1.973
23.467
14.015
30.503
Tonawanda
786
48,959
106.213
,417
492.635
703.498
555.575
783.906
719,683
Waterford
12,295
10,527
8.065
14,8220
9.055
7.012
8.556
3.537
225
Schuylerville
11,766
16,201
2,262
15.371
7.379
9.164
8.80G
37.494
Glens Falls,
@17.318
41.052
63.924
48.160
55.911
71.356
54.367
55.364
8.993
Salina ..
8,662
51,214
30,653
53.812
44.655
21.184
20.412
17.950
Phoenix
3,673
46,850
51,899
138,704
310,135
251.159
406.813
2.30S
Seneca Falls.
36,701
35,879
33,350
44.336
47.473
27,565
21.669
32,302
Havana.
6.256
6.574
16.132
11.376
14.485
Horseheads
15,133
14.595
26.747
32.853
29.584
30.272
Corning.
4.096
5.696
5.667
9.566
3.495
3.238
1.029
Penn Yan
8,95$
10.7-7
26.534 1
21.192
15.376
15.527
2.452
Hamilton
2.77
3.012
3.177
4.735
5.658
4.594
Oxford ..
4.573 1
10.415
6.026
2.553
2.312
1.563
Binghamton ...
2.721
5.189
SAINT
8.053
7.703
Scottsville
4.510
21.147
25.047
5.955
4.984
5.270
Mount Morris
Dansville .
1.605
26.400
6.665
6.21
Oramel ...
Boonville
12.245
9.235
Higginsville
Baldwinsville ...
Olean
$566,279
$1,006.922 $1.546.109 $1.575,965 92.646.181
52.8.6.057 , 82.54.212 81.836.536
d At Saratoga, Ft. Miller, Ft. Edward, aml Ft. Anz.
Number of Clearances issued from 1833 to 1858, both inclusive, on the Several Canals.
YEAR.
Fric.
Champlain.
Oswego.
Muyuga and
Chemung.
Crooked Lake.
Chenango.
Genesce Valley.
Black River.
Oneida Lake
Senred River
Towing Path.
Total.
1-33
21.841
5.939
3.759
1.086
253
1:3
1834
29.441
7.159
1.500
1.247
02.726
1535
30.963
7.498
1.0013
1.402
1.075
1436
31.8%
6.752
6.STO
1.750
1.551
1.179
1.8:37
29.511
5.967
6.051
1.345
1 .: 04
517
1838
30.282
5.582
1.361
1.429
1.002
1939
33.454
5.604
8.456
1.213
1.1.24
1849.
35.231
5.871
7.472
1.223
1.1:8
562
475
1541.
36.333
6.067
9,1:25
1.421
1.505
2.4.2
144
32.216
4.911
10.204
1.249
9.050
1
1.125
2.015
1.257
1546.
93.276
6.605
11.067
1.^^1
5.0.0+
1.227%
1:07
2 .: 77
1.089
1-47
46.255
6.937
12.528
1.614
4.4001
1 477
2.29
1.307
101 47
184%
45.829
6.454
12.406
1.902
4.59
1.1×4
1.545
2.35+
1.077
1×50.
:201.115
5.751
1.456
1-52
29.177
7.711
1.010
5.015
6,620
1.509
2.4.34
2.303
470
1856.
25.514
7.02
2.4:19
2.335
3.177
t. F
1857
$1.2007
2.400
1.259
1558
28.619
12,588
1 .: 40
5.105
1.532
1.5:0
1
143
32.529
4.303
7.949
1.065
1
1.495
1.152
3.223
1.2200
2014
1-51
41.563
2.097
2.014
1.1%;
1.853
30.021
41.462
7.421
12 245
1.971
1.012
1.235
2.225
574
75.000
1442
31.529
$15
1.505
1.101
67 .: 15
1645
35.142
5.128
10.296
1.449
590
1,039
15.120
11.230
20.353
652
0.124
16.2014
18,004
605
5.626
Oswego.
14.317
13.399
15.831
Ithaca.
13.079
13.765
8,365
82.46
54.060
65.560
44.010
30,291
Black Rocke.
321,164
56.583
68.456
97.679
22.145
Buffalo
8.955
10.568
12.030
132.023
Whitehall
33,106
22.022
22.241
16.296
Lockport.
14.308
9.556
54
55.042
23.685
34.901
38.464
10,778
17.053
10.227
5,222
2.543
1:55.
$7.507
6.906
7.861
1. 05
2.162
14.470
15.542 t
4.450
" Collected at Port Byron.
b At Newport.
Office abolished in 1907.
67.255
12.273
64.796
68.200
69.133
4.709
6.677
1.809
1.250
124.29
,
1.873
1×54
1. 57
21.1
Canal.
16.740
Geneva.
Dresden
1.671
55,470
65.378
57
TABLE OF TOLLS Collected on, and applicable or belonging to, each Canal, in each year, from 1823 to 1858, both inclusive.
YEARS.
Erie Canal.
Champlain Canal.
Oswego Canal.
Cayuga & Seneca Canal.
Chemung Canal.
Crooked Lake Cunal.
Chenango Canal.
Genesee Tulley Canal.
Oneida Lake Canal.
Seneca River Towing
Oneida River Improve-
Cayuga Inlet.
Black River Canal.
Baldswinstille Canal.
Total.
18234
$ 199.655.08 294.546.62 492,664.23
$ 46.214.45
73.615.26
506.279.49
1826.
657.976,68
74.191.19
$ 3,022.95
765.190.82
1827
775,919.22
83.341.02
859 260.24
1828
¥27.050.20
107.757.08
$ 2.757.17
279.70
9,439.44
943.545.35
89.053.78
12.235.18
1.056,022.12
1531
1,091.714.26
102,896.23
1.224,901,98
18:>
1.085.012.28
110.191.95
19,768.20
12,020.39 13.893.04 17,174.91
23.015.84
115.211.00
22.168.02
18.030.95
$ 694.00 3.378.43
$ 200,84 1,473.40 93.76 2.311.86 1.521.15 2,016.32
1.723.63 2.017.32
$89.39 1.028.18
1.497.89
1845.
2.361.884.24
119.210.44
108.094.67
2.646.181 ST 2.790.120,99
3.252 212.19
1849
2.962.132.09
121.672.06
133.969.43
119.333.77
114.591,51
68.347.05 58.185.43 77.933.34 70.793.22 91.220.39 98.528.42 95.010.21 83.690.42 97.297.93 62.784.33 82.121.52 109.883.11 82.565.63 87,783.74
18.848.57 23.583.37 18.948.16 19.417.38 24.618.17 22,520.14 27.282.11 28.925.95 28,814.20 27.192.71 20,739.89 23.681.32 22.266.70 24.849.59 23.535.76 22,918,83 20,462.31 16.565.34 16,022.59
7.702.05 9.762.56 14.385.13 21.4.11.58 11,503.44 16,677.70 16.101.25 15.781.34 15,997.74 15.536,92 15,848.44 19,603.18 21.152.32 19.768.42 17,117.52 15,516,51 14,623.39
1,034.85 635,36 683.16
$10.812.72 20.430.87 15.778.33 14,001.53 18.815.18 13.615.38 16.191.75 22,177.90 26.621.75 23.492.86 28.570.33 32.272.50 21.295.45 19,908.72 18.228.49 16.695.86 20.228,18 19.064.01 20.030,66 20,234.61 19.508.71 15,886.30
$ 6.930.40 9 927.69 13.204.11 15.291.78 19.641.20 23.178.93 23.448.57 26 707.25 26,722.12 25.507.42 27.675.95 26.817.07 21.017.96 51.230.71 30,907.78 25.546.08 22.831.56 25.208.81 27,913.34
$$44 58 149.51 206.50 381.13 17:1.52 368.10 372.00 489.72 274.82 270.42 226.15 187.18 111.12 244.92 271.90 277.92 145.99 138.37
37.450.47 20.508.91 23.200.69 31.163.56 3.546.37 4,871.96
313.81 177.88
5.385.05 6.121.57 5.294.15
60.24
1857.
1,769.179.09
13.12
1858.
1,838,835.64
120.998.05 103.522.88 106.524.67 111.229.15 104,889,09 96,936.75
34.162.42
18.747.47
5,187.27
1,721.31
1840
1.597.334.46
102.427.74
1841
1.813,650.58
1842
1.568.946,50
1543
1.880.314.55
102.308.50
1844
2.190.147,84
116.739.32
06.164.93
2.448.374.52
1846
2,449.275.58 3.333,347.36 2.947.881.76
$ 1152 1,6.07 250.89 220.71
9.483.14
$2.020.00) 3.061.91 4.028.67
8×64.25
1854
2,465,680.47
61.95
1855.
2.489.272.27
71.17
2.505.076.10
1856.
2.398.860.36
2.749.211.07 2.045,640.75
20.07
2.110.753.82
a To 1823 inclusive.
CANALS.
1.440.539.87
115,425.24 94.726.31
1837.
1.444.170.21
1838
1,414.174.21
104.125.15
1839
1.427,031.53
113.753.69
29,203.38 20.430.14 30,469.83 20.523.43 15.968.47
4,714.98 5.066.20 4.4331.60
27.372.38 18.397.47
4.594.63
4.958,41 9,396,42
1.952.73 1.012.51 1.946.50 1.821.70 1.790,04 1,690.75 1.473.81 1.563.01 1,391.06
956.04 1,080,65
624.74 688.07 821.06 3.653.62 7.593.84 8.009.78 11.571.67 9.040.48 7,012,21
23.568.95 25.640.08
$232.95 18D.J4 175.033 274.53 263.17 320.43 352.21 352.71
4.098.71 5.550.07 6.897.92
. .
1850
3.20.599.23
1851
1852
1853
2,833.970.90
120.097.80
1848
117.500.66
20.522.93 38.241.22
117.841.14 95.957.54
31.222.19
36.203.93
507.74
1.775.747.57 2.024 ×52.82 1.7 14.197.52 2.0 1.590.17
1829
707,883.49
87.171.03
8.643.49 11,087.81
16.271.10
1833
1.200.163.19
132.572.12
1834
1,180.967.56
1.375.673.12
116.131.10
1826
1.646.056.48 1.614.336.43
1.202.023.28 1.590,911.07 1.616.382.02
1821
$ 109.655.08 340,701.07
1825
838.444.05 $13.137.45
1830
1.220.453.47 1.463,520.90 1.2:41 929.96
1835.
21.092.92
462.02
462.63
621.45 653.53 542.53
1847
2.933.125.93 2.994,329.53 2.799,849,88
3.329.727.00 3.118 244.02 3.204.717.99 2,773.566.35
9.318.42 1.265.53 1,505.70
Path.
ment.
58
NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
The Erie Canal, connecting the IIudson with Lake Erie, was commenced at Rome, July 4, 1817, and was completed Oct. 26, 1825. As first constructed, it was 363 mi. long, 28 ft. wide at the bottom, 40 ft. wide at the top, and 4 ft. deep. The locks were 90 ft. long between the gates, and 15 ft. wide. The original cost of the whole was $7,143,789. 86.1
The number of boats upon the canals at different periods has been-in 1843. 2.136; in 1844, 2,126; in 1847, 2.725; in 1853, 3.401; and in 1859, abont 3,500. The following numbers of new boats have been registered :-
1844, 378
1847, 1,466
1850, 152
1853, 590
1856, 364
1845, 297
1848. 457
1851, 213
1854, 760
1857, 329
1846, 477
1849, 215
1852, 271
1855, 471
1858, 255
1852
88
1853 97
1854
105
1855
102
1856
107
1857
114
1858.
109
General average ..... 100
Structures upon the New York State Canals at the close of 1857.
Erie Canal.
76
39
116
110
7
18
2
1 11
12
27
53
113
574
Guard Locks.
4
6
1
1
5
Weigh Locks.
5
4
19
5
4
17
84
Warte Weirs.
49
23
21
12
5
3
6
10
31
2
5
1
2
2
103
163 455
Guard Gates
52
36
2
11
1
3
13
27
103
Farm Bridges
75
40
1
1
1
16
102
Tow Bridges,
13
1
11
27
16
9
Total Bridges!
509
140
212
77
3
23
1
3
41
14
59
214
1,296
Damss.
10
S
12
1
8
1
5
1
5
51
a Double locks. side by side. are counted as one. The number upon the Eric Canal, when completed, will be two less, by dis- pensing with those now at Montezuma.
& Farm bridges are gradually lessening in number. as the claims of individuals are from time to time commuted. or the
damages appraised from failure to rebuild them. The principal increase of bridges is in cities and villages, from the opening of new streets; and in these localities permanent iron bridges are Dow generally built upon the principal thoroughfares. e Of the 10 dams in the first column, 8 are feeder danis.
1 Plans for improving the navigation of the Mohawk were , chimerical. The next year Mr. De Witt, in a conversation with proposed in 1725. but nothing was done to this end till March | James Geddes, then a land surveyor of Onondaga county. stated 30, 1792. when the .. Western Inland Naviention Company" was incorporated. with powers to improve the channel and build canals and locks to Lake Ontario and Seneca Lake. The cost to Oneida Lake was estimated at £39,500. This work consisted mainly of the following :-
Ist. A canal at Little Falls, 4.752 feet long. of which 2,550 feet were through solid rock. Upon it were 5 locks, with a total rise of 414 fort. 2d. A canal 12 miles long. with a lock, at Wolf Rift. German Flats, 3d. A canal. 12 miles long. at Rome. con- necting the Mohawk with Wood Creek : and. Ith. four locks upon Wood Creek, with a total depth of 25 feet. The work was begun at Little Falls in 1793. bot the want of funds delayed the work until 1794. when a subscription of 200 shares was obtained from the State. Boats first passed the canal and locks at this place Nov. 17, 1795, and on that day and the next & large and 102 small boats were paused, at a toll of Exi 10s, exclusive of 9 that passed free the first day. The chambers of the locks were 74 by 12 feet. and allowed boats of 32 tons to pass: but other in- 1 tinments limited boats to a burden of 10 or 11 tons. Light boats could go from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix and back in 9 days: Init the larger boats required 14 days to make the trip. In 1793. Wood Creek was cleared out. and 13 istlinses were ent across. shortening the channel 7 miles. In 1796, boats passed through to Oneida Lake: and the work, In 1797. had cost $400,000, of which the State paid $02.000. The great cost re- quired high tolls: and in 1812 but 300 boats passed. with 1.500 tons, at little Falls. The company gave up its rights west of Oneida lake in 1808, and sold out to the State. in 1820, for $152.718.32 .- Repart of Western, the Engineer, 1796; Speford's Gazefter 1813: What. N. Y. Canals, 11. 40.
It is entirely uncertain who originated the first idea of con- structing a chain of water communication through The State. All of the carly efforts were directed to effecting a passage through the Mohawk, Wind Creek. Doenla Lake and Oswego River to Lake Ontario. The Western connection was sotight by locking around Niagara Falls. In 1800, Gouverneur Morris first suggested the idea of a direct canal from Lake Erie to the . the proposed canal: but the war suspended active operations. IIndson. through the center of the State, His plan was to tap Lake Erie, and have a continuous slope from the lake to the high land that borders upon the Indson. and a series of locks thence to the river. In 1903 he stated the 'owiline of his plan to the Surveyordieneral, Simeon De Witt, winy looked upon it as '
The completion of the canal was celebrated by extraordinary
Crooked Lake
Chemung
Cunal and
Freder.
Genesee Valley Canal and
Side Cut.
Total.
Canal.
Oswego Cunal.
Oneida River
Improvement.
Seneca River
Improvement.
Cayuga d:
Seneca Canal.
Champlain
Canal and
Freder.
Canal.
Black River
Canal and
Improvement.
Oneida Lake
The largest boat registered in 1844 was 90 tons. In 1849, some were as high as 135 tous; in 1850, 170 tous; in 1853, 250 tons; and in 1858, 300 tons. The average tounage of boats has been as follows :-
1849
76
1850
80
1851.
87
Lift Locksa.
1
1
3
23
5
Aqueducts ..
35
243 3
52
18
Culverts.
3
Road Bridges.
the plan of Mr. Morris as one of the impracticable schemes which had been advanced. Mr. Geddes. however, looked at the matter. in a different light, and, after some little reflection, he concluded that the plan, with some modifications, was by far the best that had yet been suggested. He counseled with Jesse lawley upon the subject ; and the latter, convinced of the feasi- bility of the project, wrote a series of papers which were pub- lished in the Genesee Messenger from Oct. 1807, to March, 1808. These essays were signed " Hercules," and were the first ever printed in favor of the Erie Canal. In 1808. Joshua Forman, an intimate associate of Mr. Geddes. then a member of the As- sembly. introduced a resolution for the survey of a canal ronte, to the end that Congress might be led to grant moneys for the construction of a canal. The sum of $600 was granted for surveys under the direction of the Surveyor-General. James Geddes was intrusted with this service. and was directed to level down from Oneida Lake to the mouth of Salmon Creek, to ascer- tain whether a canal conld be opened from Oswego Falls to Lake Ontario, and to survey the best route for a canal around Niagara Falls. lle was also directed to survey a route eastward from Lake Erie to Genesce River. and thence to the waters flowing east into Seneca Lake. He finished this work, and made a report showing the practicability of the last named route and its great superiority over the others which had been proposed. This report at once excited general attention. and secured the influence of De Witt Clinton. then a member of the Senate, and many offier prominent men. In 1810, commissioners, at the hrad of whom was De Witt Clinton, were appointed to explore n ramal route through the center of the State. On the Sth of Ajuil. 1811. an act was passed to provide for the improvement of ihr internal navigation of the State. and efforts were made to obtain aid from the tieneral Government. but without success. The report of the commissioners stated the importance of this measure with such force and eloquence that a Inw was passed the next year continuing the commissioners, and authorizing them to borrow and deposit money, and take cessions of Imiat, for The projret. however. continued to be discussed. and an act was passend on the 17th of April. 1816. providing for a definite survey. The canal was begun at Rome, July 4, 1817. and on the 22d of October. 1819. the first boat passed from I'tica to Rome.
Some opinion may be formed of the class of boats used from the members built. These were, in 1857, of scows, 106; decked ACOWA, 23; lake boats, 95; bullheads, 102; and packets, 3. None of the last named were built in 1858; and the day for traveling upon the canals may be considered as virtually passed, unless steam canal boats-now being introduced into use-prove successful competitors in speed with steam upou railroads.
Chenango
Cunal.
59
CANALS.
The enlargement of this eanal was ordered May 11, 1835, and has been going on more or less rapidly since, except during a few years of suspension commencing under Gov. Wright's adminis- tration. It was estimated by the State Engineer and Surveyor, in Jan., 1859, that $1,565,077.75 would complete the enlargement upon the present plan, making the total cost of that work $23,000,000. The length of the Erie Canal when enlarged will be reduced to 349.74 mi. Its sec- tion gives a breadth of 70 ft. at the surface of the water, 52} ft. at the bottom, and a depth of 7 ft.
civic and military ceremonies throughout the State, and espe- | Holley. Henry Seymour was appointed in place of Ellicott in cially in New York City. ou the 4th of Nov. 1825. As the first boat. with Governor Clinton on board. entered the canal. at Buffalo, at 10 o'clock. (Oct. 26,) a line of cannon, previously ar- ranged a few miles apart, passed a signal along to Albany, and down the Hudson to Sandy Hook. frinn whence it was returned in like manner. The signal was heard at New York, at 11.20. The flotilla with the Governor was everywhere greeted with en- thusia-tic rejoicing. Upon reaching New York it passed down to Sandy Huk. nud the waters of the lake were mingled with those of the ocean with imposing ceremonies.
The Canal Commissioners under whom the Erio and Chain- plain Canals were constructed were Stephen Van Rensselaer, De Witt Clinton. Joseph Ellicott, Samuel Young, and Myron
March, 1819, and William C. Bonck was added to the number in March, 1821. The chief engineers were James Geddes, of Onon- daga co., and Benjamin Wright, of Rome, neither of whom had ever seen n canal, or enjoyed means of acquiring a practical knowledge of engineering other than that obtained from survey- ing land. The precision with which their canal surveys wero executed, under the circumstances, may be regarded as truly wonderful. Among the assistant engineers were - Peacock, David Thomas, Nathan S. Roberts, David S. Bates, Canvass White, Davis Hurd. Noah Dennis, Charles T. Whippo, William Jerome, Henry G. Sargent, Frederick C. Mills. Isaac JJ. Thomas, Henry Farnam, Alfred Barrett. John Bates, William II. Price, John Hopkins, and Seymour Skiff.
The Canal Board have adopted the following table of distances from place to place upon the Erie Canal. The elevations above tide are those shown by the lockages, and do not take into account the descent given to canse a flow of water between Jocks, which does not vary much from an inch to a mile. The long level is supposed to be perfectly uniform in elevation above tide.
Stations, Distances, and Elevations above Tide on the Erie Canal.
PLACES.
Miles from
place to place.
Miles from
Albany.
Buffalo.
Elevation
above tide,
in feet.
PLACES.
Miles from
Miles from
Miles from
| Elevation.
in fect.
Albany
0
0
352
Weedsport.
190
102
402
West Troy.
7
7
345
Centerport
192
160
Junction
0
7
345
Port Byron.
194
158
Cohoes
4
11
341
Montezuma
199
153
391
CrisCont
3
11
3ºS
Pitt Lock
205
147
Upper Aqueduct.
12
26
326
Clyde.
210
142
397
Schenectady
4
30
3>
Lock Berlin
214
135
Hoffmas Ferry.
10
40
312
Lyous .
Port Jackson ...
6
46
306
269.5
East Arcadia
Schoharie Crock
51
301
Lock ville
223
129
Anriesville .
53
209
Newark
224
128
Fultonville
56
206
295
Port Gibson
5
232
1:20
445
Sprakers.
65
287
Macedon
236
116
Canajoharie.
68
254
301
Wayneport.
3
113
Fort Plain .
71
2$1
Knappville ..
2
241
111
St. Jolinsville
5
276
309
Fairport
3
24-4
108
462
Mindenville
2
78
274
Fullam's Basin
245
107
East Canada Creek
82
270
Bushnell's Basin.
3
248
104
Little Falls
87
265
360
Cartersville.
250
102
8
95
257
Pittsford
251
101
3
98
254
Lock No. 65
253
99
Frankfort
101
251
403
Brighton.
256
96
Fergusons.
106
216
Rochester
259
93
1
110
242
424
Greece (6-mile grocery)
266
86
3
113
Brockways
269
83
Whitesboro.
114
208
Spencerport
2271
81
3
117
427
Adams Basin ..
274
78
Komne
125
2:27
427
Cooleys Rasin.
3
75
6
131
021
Brockport
279
73
4
135
Holley
254
68
1
136
Hulberton.
287
65
loomis
1
215
Brock ville.
1
289
63
3
143
209
Albion ..
203
59
2
145
207
Gaines Dasin
295
57
1
149
203
Eagle Harbor.
296
56
1
150
202
Knowlesville
303
49
Bolivar
1
152
Shelbys Basin.
306
46
l'out< Brouk
154
Middleport.
309
43
Kirkville
155
Reynales Basin
313
39
Manlins.
3
158
Mabees,
314
1
159
193
Gasport
315
37
Drville Feeder.
161
191
1
316
36
1
165
187
Millards ....
31S
34
Geddes
168
1×4
Sulphur Springs, G. Lock
5
320
Nhp. Mile i reck
2
174
Pickardsville
5
19
Camillus ..
1
175
Martinsville
3
:30
5
150
152
Tonawanda.
1
340
12
Pri11. .
182
170
Lower Black Rock
8
:19
lord4 1
3
185
167
407
Black Rock
1
:19
3
Cold spring
1
186
Buffalo
3
:52
0
505
1
172
180
Pendleton ..
3
249
53
Chittenango
1
151
201
Medina
3
199
1
197
1
Limi-tone Freder.
1
1
166
156
400
Lockport ..
#21
31
1
2SS
Durhamville
3
140
212
Hindsburgh
Lenox.
4
Canastota
New Boston Landing
1
Canaseraga Landing
4
200
l'alnyra
2:27
125
Yatesville
6
62
IS8
217
135
410
220
132
471 509
5
3
N'rica.
7
Vork Mills
1
Oriskany
235
3
New London
2
Higginsville
217 216
5
Daubarton
4
5
Mohawk
1
2
3
3
4 2 2 5 5 3 6 4 1 3 3 CON COCOCO It ON OS ON NO LO HA place to place.
Albany.
Buffalo.
ubore tide,
3
3
3
3
76
1
3
137
2
1
Orangeport.
5
Miles from
60
NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
The number of locks will be 74, or 10 less than the original number.1 The banks of the enlarged canal are protected from washing by slope walls, consisting of stone firmly packed upon the sloping sides. The canal will allow the passage of boats of 200 to 250 tons burden. Steam has been introduced to some extent in propelling boats, and the success of the experiment has been so great that probably steam power will ultimately supersede horse power.
The Champlain Canal, extending from the Erie Canal, near Cohoes, to Lake Cham- plain, was begun June 10, 1818, finislied to Waterford Nov. 28, 1822, and completed Sep. 10, 1823, at an original cost of $875,000, exclusive of the feeder to Glens Falls. It is 64 mi. long and has a navigable feeder of 7 mi. to Glens Falls, with a slackwater navigation 5 mi. further upon the Hudson.2
The Chenango Canal,' connecting the Erie Canal at Utica with the Susquehanna River at Binghamton, was authorized Feb. 23, 1833. It is 97 mi. long, exclusive of 132 mi. of feeders, none of which are navigable.
The Black River Canal and Erie Canal Feeder extends from Rome up the valley of the Mohawk and of Lansing Kil to Boonville, and thence it descends the valley of Black River to a point below the High Falls. From the latter point is a river navigation 42} mi. to Car-
1 The chambers of the enlarged locks are 110 by 1S feet, and their lift varies from 3 to 153 feet. The canal leaves Lake Erie at Buffalo, follows the river hank to Black Rock, and commnni- cates with the dam at that place. At a point 10 ini. below Buf- falo it enters Tonawanda Creek, follows its channel 12 mi., and crosses thence, through a rock entting, to the brow of the mountain ridge, at Lockport, where it descends 55.83 feet by 5 combined locks. It continues thence, eastward, from 1 to 3 mi. S. of thi ridge road, to Rochester, crosses the Genesee upon a stone aqueduct, makes a circuitous sweep across the Irondequoit valley, along the top of a natural range of hills, and finally delivers the waters of Lake Erie into Seneca River, after supplying 153 mi. of the Erie Canal, and affording a large amount of water-power at various points along its course. It then rises by 2 locks. descends into the Onondaga valley by 1 lock. and then rises by " locks to the long level which extends from Syracuse to Utica. from whence it descends the Mohawk valley, mostly on its s. side, to the IEndson. Below Schenectady, it twice crosses the Mohawk, upon stone aqueducts. It is contimted down the bank of the Ind-on to Albany, where it terminates in a spa- cion- basin. At West Troy it also opens into the Ibidem. The total lackages going w. are 612.9 feet up, and 45.5 feet down. or a total of 656.4 Bet. The canal is fed by numerons streams along its course, and by 9 reservoirs, all of which, with a single exception, are upon the middle division. They are as follows :
RESERVOIRS.
Acres in' area.
Elevation abore canul,
in feet.
Depth, in feet.
Length of
feeders in mi.
Ericvillea
340
46
211
20
Ilatchs Lake.
134
15
10
Eatons Brook
2.54
50
8
Bradley Brook
134
30
Leland Pond
1,3
13
8
Woodmans Lake
18
11
1
Madison Brook
55
45
Skaneateles lake
S.320
0
...
0010
Total
11.616
1307
" Built in 1857, at a cost of $10,884.73. In Nelson, Madison CO.
6 leads to Bradley Brook reservoir.
e Truls to Eatun Brook feeder.
Besides these are the reservoirs upon the Black River Canal. which is itself but a feeder to the long level of the Frie Canal. Sandy lill Several of the forders to the middle and western divisions of the ! Glens Falls.
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