Locks on the Enlarged Erie Canal in Cohoes, NY · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: Siena College
Repository: New York Heritage Digital Collections
View at Contributing Institution: http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/siena/id/726
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: NEH 4.16
Collection/Part of: Je Me Souviens...I Remember: Presenting and Preserving the Heritage of Upstate New York's Franco-American Communities
Title: en Locks on the Enlarged Erie Canal in Cohoes, NY
Description: en Photographs of Locks on the Enlarged Erie Canal in Cohoes, NY
Author/Creator: Conley, Sean
Date(s): 2018-05-28
Genre: en photographs
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Transportation/Transport
Geography: Cohoes NY; Erie Canal
Source Language: English
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Erie Canal (NY); Photographs
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Erie Canal (NY); Photographies
Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use: Copyright Undetermined; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Conditions Governing Access: Contact contributing institution for information on access.
Existence and Location of Originals: Conley, Sean; Private Collection
Materials Specific Details: Digital version published by Digital Scholarship Center at Siena College, 2018.
Notes: Views of locks 17 & 18 on the enlarged Erie Canal constructed between 1837 and 1842. Lock 18 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Work on the Erie Canal began in 1817. It was officially opened in 1825. Just 11 years later, in 1836, work on the canal began again, this time with an eye to enlarging it. Nineteen of the locks were concentrated in Cohoes and the surrounding area. What had once been a rural community was able to develop into a bustling industrial city largely because of abundant water power and the relative ease of shipping raw materials in and finished products out, thanks to the canal system in place.
Recommended Citation: Please cite the Digital Scholarship Center at Siena College.
State/Province: New York
Country: United States

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