The Erie Canal at Little Falls

Note: The images noted [CSNYS] below are the property of and used with the permission of The Canal Society of New York State.

Barge Canal Lock No. 17 at Little Falls


"Barge Canal Contract No. 31" [Lock 17 construction at Little Falls] -- From: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1911 (Albany : Argus Co., printers, 1912) -- left: facing p. 62; right: facing p. 14.		"Barge Canal, Contract No. 31: Site of Barge Canal lock No. 17, at Little Falls, before beginning of construction -- From: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1913), facing p. 98.


Little Falls, construction of Lock 17 -- source unknown ; 1911?	"Barge Canal, Contract No. 31: Lock No. 17, at Little Falls" -- From: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1913), facing p. 100. -- See also the postcard version of this view.	"[Barge Canal Lock No. 17, Little Falls, N.Y.] -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1912. [CSNYS]
The pictures above were taken during the construction of Lock no. 17. The wooden bridge in the right foreground of the two pictures on the right served as a temporary towpath around the work site. The view on the right in the off-season shows the drained canal.


"Barge Canal Lock, Highest Lift Lock in the World, Little Falls, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; 1912? [CSNYS]	"Barge Canal - Side View of Lock 17 from Hillside (Concrete Masonry, Side Pool and Powerhouse) - Little Falls" -- Photograph ; source unknown ; 1921.	"Fleet Leaving Lock Chamber, Lock No. 17, Little Falls" -- Photograph ; source unknown ; 1921? [CSNYS]


"Lift Lock - Barge Canal - Little Falls, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1920?	"Aerial view of the existing Lock 17 at Little Falls" -- From: History of the Barge Canal of New York State / by Noble E. Whitford. (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1922)	"Lock no. 17, Erie Canal, Mohawk River, Little Falls, N.Y." (A-96754 - Chas. W. Hughes, Mechanicville, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 2, 1928.


"Barge Canal Lock, Little Falls, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1915-1920? [CSNYS]	"Oil Tanker Passing thru Lock No. 17 Barge Canal, Little Falls, N.Y." (124047-N -- Curteich-Chicago) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930?	"Canal Lock, Little Falls, N.Y." (136744 - Tichnor Quality Views) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930?


"Big Lock, Little Falls, N.Y." (Chas. W. Hughes, Mechanicville, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1940?	"Canal Lock, Little Falls, N.Y." (66841, Little Falls Wholesale Co.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 18, 1945.