Re: Where Erie Canal Crosses Mohawk River

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James R. Motley <ex836@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>"Where Erie Canal Crosses Mohawk River, Rome, N.Y." is the title
>shown on Keystone View Company 3 1/4 x 4 inch Lantern Slide
>identified as H111 (V26122).  This excellent view includes two
>canal boats on the canal just at the point where it crosses over
>the river, a dam just upstream of this point, and three locks to
>take the canal up to the water level equal to that at the top of
>the dam.  ...

>(1) Does anyone on the list know if that section of the Erie    
>Canal still exists and, if so, does it have any commercial use or
>is it used as a tourist attraction?

Yes, this site still exists, and although I haven't seen your
slide, I'd bet the place still looks the same.  The scene is at the base of
the dam holding back the Mohawk River to form Delta Reservoir in Rome.
The aqueduct (beautiful architecture) over the river should still be standing, too, 
along with parts of at the locks.   The aqueduct and locks are not part of 
the canal system now and is dry & overgrown, and the aqueduct is in fact not 
connected at either end (you can't get up on it).
Boy, I'd love to see this view, any chance of scanning it & putting it up
on the photo-3D site?  I have an antique postcard of the site as well as
some mono photos I've taken- didn't know about weight-shift-3D technique back then.
I don't have a photo of the entire site at once, though; it was too
large a site and overgrown with large trees, etc. to get a good picture).

I stumbled on this amazing place by accident while working in Rome
~10 years ago.  At that time it was not developed as a park or anything (nor had
the terrain layout to support one- it's pretty much jammed into a tiny  but
steep valley); you have to go out of your way to find it, in fact.  
There are large stone tablets lining the shore at the bottom of
the dam (put there by the dam engineers, no doubt), and they are remarkable in 
that some have ancient fossilized ripple marks in them.
Delta Reservoir currently has a state park on the shore, but isn't part of
nor near this canal site.

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Rick Inzero                                     
Northern Telecom, Inc.      			
Rochester, NY					rdi@xxxxxxx


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