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Images of the Erie Canal between Schenectady and Albany

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


Images of the Erie Canal in the Niskayuna/Vischer Ferry area

Lock 19 at Vischer Ferry Lock 19 at Vischer Ferry Lock 7, Barge Canal, Niscayuna, near Schenectady, N.Y.
"Lock 19, Erie Canal, Vischer Ferry, c1900, looking east" -- The gates are open and ready for a boat to enter. (From the interpretive marker which is near the main entrance to the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve) -- Note that in Whitford's 1906 Table of Locks, the location of this lock is given as Niskayuna. Lock 19 - Vischer Ferry, 1902?, looking west -- source unknown. "Lock 7, Barge Canal, Niscayuna [i.e., Niskayuna], near Schenectady, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jul. 28, 1911.

For additional images and information about Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 19, see the Historical Marker Database.


Images of the Erie Canal in the Waterford Area

Lift Bridge, Waterford, N.Y. Barge Canal Lock, Waterford, N.Y. Lock No. 3 at Waterford, N.Y.
"Lift Bridge, Waterford, N.Y." -- Real Photo Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 7, 1908. [CSNYS] "Barge Canal Lock, Waterford, N.Y." (252-520 - no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? -- Showing the construction of Lock No. 2 at Waterford. "Barge Canal Contract No. 2-E" [Lock No. 3 at Waterford] -- 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) -- facing p. 42.
 
Site of Barge canal entrance into the Hudson before the beginning of construction Completed channel at the entrance into the Hudson River at Waterford, N.Y.
"Barge Canal, Contract No. 2-E: Site of Barge canal entrance into the Hudson river at Waterford before the beginning of construction" -- facing p. 66 "Barge Canal, Contract No. 2-E: Completed channel at the entrance into the Hudson river at Waterford" -- facing p. 68
Both 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)
 
View of a typical Barge canal lock Lock 2 at Waterford
"View of a Typical Barge Canal Lock ..." -- from: The New York State Barge Canal / J. A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor ([Albany, N.Y. : Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor], 1912), p. 2. "Lock 2" [at Waterford] -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; 1925?
The two images above are Lock No. 2 at Waterford. A flight of three locks of the older Enlarged Erie Canal can be seen to the right of Lock No. 2. (Another version of the image on the left can be found in: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1911 -- p. 12)
 
The Barge Canal through Waterford, N.Y. Part of the Waterford flight of locks
"Barge Canal, Contract No. 2-E"
[The Barge Canal through Waterford, N.Y.]
-- facing p. 74 		"Barge Canal, Contract No. 11"
[Part of the Waterford flight of locks]
-- facing p. 76
Both from: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1915 (Albany : J. B. Lyon Co, printers, 1916)
For another version of the image above right, see "Part of Waterford series of locks ... View of three locks of the series" -- From: History of the Barge Canal of New York State / by Noble E. Whitford (Albany : J. B. Lyon Co., 1922), facing p. 56.
Approach walls to a lock, Waterford, N.Y. Opening the first section, Waterford, N.Y.
"Approach walls to a lock" -- opposite p. 168. "From lakes to ocean, opening the first section"
[Barge Canal opening, May 15, 1915] -- frontispiece.
Both from: History of the Barge Canal of New York State / by Noble E. Whitford. (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1922)
 
Opening of the Barge Canal at Lock No. 2. Opening of the Barge Canal at Lock No. 2: Governor's Boat in Lock.
"Scene at the opening of the Barge Canal at Lock No. 2 -- May 15, 1915." "Opening of the Barge Canal at Waterford: Governor's Boat in Lock No. 2 - Empty (top) and Filled (bottom) -- May 15, 1915."
Both from: New York State Archives, Erie Canal. (http://iarchives.nysed.gov/Gallery/).
 
Lock No. 6 at Waterford State Barge Canal, showing Lock No. 3, Waterford
"Waterford, N.Y." [Lock No. 6, Barge Canal] --
Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1920? 		"N.Y. State Barge Canal, showing Lock No. 3, Waterford, N.Y." (20 ; A-86181 - Chas. W. Hughes, Mechanicville, N.Y. ; C.T. American Art) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1920?
 
Lock 3, Erie Canal, Waterford Panorama of Waterford Flight of Locks
"Lock 3, Erie Canal, [Waterford], New York State Barge Canal" - GE Publication Bureau, 235328, index 626 -- 1922? [CSNYS] "Panorama of Waterford Flight of Locks showing Locks 4,5 and 6, Waterford, N.Y., New York State Barge Canal" - GE Publication Bureau, 236089, index 626 -- 1922? [CSNYS]
 
Freighter Norfolk in Barge Canal Lock 2 Lock 2, Barge Canal, Cohoes, N.Y.
"[Freighter Norfolk in Erie Barge Canal Lock 2] -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; 1922? "Lock 2, Barge Canal, Cohoes, N.Y. [i.e. Waterford]" -- Kodak Photo Post Card ; not postmarked ; approximately 1950?


Images of the Erie Canal in Cohoes

Erie Canal and St. Agnes Church, Cohoes, N.Y. Along the Erie Canal, Cohoes, N.Y. Panoramic view of the Erie Canal, Cohoes, N.Y.
""Erie Canal and St. Agnes Church, Cohoes, N.Y." (M 44 - Illustrated Post Card Co., N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; postmarked Oct. 18, 1906. [CSNYS] -- Lock 14 can be seen on the right side of this card. "Along the Canal, Cohoes, N.Y." (545228 - F.J. Shea, Troy, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 2, 1907. [CSNYS] --
Note that this is essentially the same view as the card on the left.		 "View of Erie Canal, Cohoes, N.Y." (7085 - Northern News Co., Troy, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906?
 
Erie Canal Looking South Showing Lock 13, Cohoes, N.Y. Scene on Erie Canal, Cohoes, N.Y. View of the locktender's shanty at Lock 9, Cohoes, N.Y.
"Erie Canal Looking South Showing Lock 13, Cohoes, N.Y." (La Marche Bros. ; Anglo-American P.C. Co., N.Y.C.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; 1908? -- See also the color version(with the wrong direction).* "Scene on Erie Canal, Cohoes, N.Y." (22404, Souvenir Post Card Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jul. 8, 1908.* View of the locktender's shanty at Lock 9, Cohoes, N.Y. -- approximately 1907? [CSNYS]
* - Note that these two images are the same view. The view is to the south (or the eastern end of the canal), since all the Cohoes locks locked down toward the Hudson River.  
 
Canal Locks, Nos. 13 and 14, Cohoes, N.Y. Birds Eye View of Cohoes N.Y. in 1859
"Canal Locks, Nos. 13 and 14, Cohoes, N.Y." (213478 - Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jan. 4, 1912. [CSNYS] "Birds Eye View of Cohoes N.Y. in 1859, showing Cohoes Falls, Erie Canal & Harmony Mills" (U.S. 229 - no publisher information) -- Double postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905?

Images of the Erie Canal in West Troy/Watervliet and Troy

Entrance to the Erie Canal at Troy A View of the Erie Canal at West Troy The Canal Office at West Troy
"Entrance to the Erie Canal at Troy" -- From: The Water Ways of New York (in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 48, no. 283, Dec. 1873, p. 10) "A View of the Erie Canal at West Troy" / Carlton T. Chapman. -- From: Water-ways from the Ocean to the lakes / by Thomas Curtis Clarke (in Scribners Magazine, Vol. XIX, no. 15, 1896, p. 109) "The Canal Office at West Troy" / Carlton T. Chapman. -- From: Water-ways from the Ocean to the lakes / by Thomas Curtis Clarke (in Scribners Magazine, Vol. XIX, no. 15, 1896, p. 103). -- NOTE: when tolls were collected on the Erie Canal, this building was the easternmost weighlock building.
 
Docked Canal Boat in Watervliet, N.Y. Broadway Bridge and Locks, Watervliet, N.Y. Weigh-Lock on Canal, Watervliet, N.Y.
"[Docked Canal Boat in Watervliet, N.Y.]" -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1904? [CSNYS] "Broadway Bridge and Locks, Watervliet, New York" [looking east] -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] "Weigh-Lock on Canal, Watervliet, N.Y." -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906? [CSNYS]
 
Locks, Erie Canal, Watervliet, N.Y. Erie Canal Locks at 23rd St., Watervliet, N.Y. Locks, Erie Canal, Watervliet, N.Y.
"Locks, Erie Canal, Watervliet, N.Y." (Souvenir Post-Card Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec. 11, 1907. "Erie Canal Locks at 23rd St., Watervliet, N.Y."
(No. C 12623 - H. M. Hulsapple, Watervliet, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked May 3, 1913 (another copy is postmarked Sep. 21, 1910). 		"The Federal Locks, Troy, N.Y". (61559 - Troy News Co., Troy, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930?

Images of the Erie Canal at Albany

Entrance of the Canal into The Hudson at Albany, 1823 Albany Basin, 1855 Entrance of the Erie Canal, from the Hudson River, at Albany, N.Y.
"Entrance of the Canal into The Hudson at Albany, 1823" by James Eights. -- From: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1915 (Albany : J. B. Lyon Co, printers, 1916), facing p. 10. -- (see also the Historical Images of the Erie Canal page for another version) Engraving of the Albany basin in 1855, looking east toward the Hudson River from a corner on East Ferry Street -- Library of Congress ; Another version on a postcard [CSNYS] The Entrance of the Erie Canal, from the Hudson River, at Albany, N.Y. - 1856 -- from: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Nov. 22, 1856. [CSNYS]
 
Enlarged Albany Basin, 1869? Lumber Boat at Albany Lumber District  
Enlarged Albany Basin, 1869? [CSNYS - Bird's-Eye Views coll.] Frank A. Jagger Lumber Boat at Albany Lumber District -- Albumen photographic print on card ; c. 1875 -- From: Albany Institute of History & Art Library.  
 
Lock No. 1, Albany, N.Y. Lock No. 1, Albany, N.Y. Lock No. 2, Albany, N.Y.
Erie Canal Lock No.1, Albany N.Y. ; Gelatin silver print ; 1893 -- From: Albany Institute of History & Art Library. "Lock No. 1, Albany, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] "Lock No. 2, Albany, N.Y." ; Gelatin silver print ; 1914 -- From: Albany Institute of History & Art Library

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For further information about and images of the Erie Canal in the Albany area, see: Canals of Albany County, by Amelia T. O'Shea (Freehold, N.Y. : Amelia T. O'Shea, c2006.
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