There's one old Erie lock that now serves as the foundation/basement for a
house: http://www.tug44.org/canal.history/erie-lock-32/
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I-90 through New York pretty much follows the route of the Erie Canal.
> Parts of the Erie Canal are still operational but you can see remnants of
> some of the old locks (high and dry) from the highway.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 9/2/2016 11:52 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>
>> Well, yes, there is the modern Champlain. But there is the historical
>> Champlain, with the old 1800's locks that in many places still exist. Some
>> are now alongside the modern canal, used as lock overflows/bypasses. Some
>> are on parts of the old canal that were abandoned when it was modernized
>> and the new channel relocated and those are often in the middle of
>> nowhere,
>> at least not near an active channel.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> You must have been looking in the wrong place
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Canal>
>>> It's part of the New York State Canal System
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Canal_System>
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/2/2016 9:39 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>>>
>>> Gorgeous!
>>>>
>>>> And it sent me down a rabbit hole hunting for information on the
>>>> Champlain
>>>> Canal. I really love old canals and hadn't heard of that one. Very
>>>> interesting - like the old Erie, parts were widened and modernized, and
>>>> parts were routed around and abandoned.
>>>>
>>>> I'm fascinated by abandoned, dry old locks. Here's this huge stone
>>>> structure in the middle of nowhere... and at one point, 12 feet of water
>>>> ran through it. We've got the Illinois and Michigan by us. Completely
>>>> abandoned, although parts have been restored as a linear park. But
>>>> mostly
>>>> either dry or shallow and full of stagnant water, algae/duckweed, and
>>>> overgrowth.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
>>>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20707>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you view large you'll see the Champlain Canal in the background. It
>>>>> joins Lake Champlain to the Hudson River.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
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