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Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19 was built in 1842 to replace Clinton's Ditch Lock 32, a single chamber lock built at this site in 1822. (The 1825 canal locks were not numbered consecutively from East to West like the Enlarged Erie, they started numbering from the beginning in Rome.) The stonework was quarried in Rotterdam Junction. Located at the western end of the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve, southeast of Vischer Ferry, the lock may be accessed from a parking area at the end of Ferry Drive (off of Riverview Road), via the Towpath Trail alongside the Mohawk River. In 1885, the north chamber of the double lock was lengthened on the eastern (foot) end. The lock had a 8.439 foot lift to the west.

Below are photographs taken by Howard Ohlhous of the remains of old Lock No. 19. Click on an image to see the full-size version.

Google Map of the Vischer Ferry area showing the location of Lock 19 (2023)	Aerial view of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock no. 19, Vischer Ferry area. (Date of photo unknown)	Enlarged Erie Canal Lock no. 19, looking west -- taken Nov. 2005.
Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19, extension of the north chamber (berm side), on the east end -- taken Oct. 3, 2008.	Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19, south chamber towpath side and historic marker -- taken Oct. 3, 2008.	Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19, south chamber and historic marker -- taken Oct. 3, 2008.
Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19, inside the south chamber, looking east -- taken Oct. 3, 2008.	Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 19, looking west -- taken Sept. 22, 2012.