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Images of the Erie Canal in Lockport

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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.

Old Postcards of Lockport and its Locks

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The Lock, 1837, Lockport, N.Y. Pine Street Bridge and Locks as it was, Lockport, N.Y. The Locks at Lockport
"The Lock, 1837, Lockport, N.Y." (3807 - no publisher information) -- Postcard ; reproduction of a painting ; not postmarked. "Pine Street Bridge and Locks as it was, Lockport, N.Y." (Tom Jones, Cincinnati) -- Postcard (reproduction) ; postmarked Lockport, Jan. 4, 1910. -- The locks seen from the towpath level. Probably photographed in the late 1890s. [The Locks at Lockport] (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1900?
Hitchen's Bridge and Canal - Lockport, N.Y. Lockport locks - approximately 1905 Lockport, N.Y. - Pine Street Bridge, Canal Locks
"Hitchen's Bridge and Canal -- Lockport, N.Y." (J. Murray Jordan, Publisher, Philadelphia) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? "The Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (A 5632 - Rotograph Co., N.Y. City, c1905) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; postmarked Jan. 17, 1906. "Lockport, N.Y. - Pine Street Bridge, Canal Locks - Gate Opening" (The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905?
 
Lockport, N.Y. - Erie Canal Locks Left and below: "Lockport, N.Y. - Erie Canal Locks" (No. 5632a - The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City, c1905) -- Postcard ; not mailed, but dated Aug. 22, 1907. -- The center of the card opens up, with 11 smaller pictures of Lockport on an accordion fold inside (those of the Erie Canal are reproduced below).
Views of the Erie Canal at Lockport
 
Erie Canal Locks at Lockport, N.Y. N.Y.C.R.R. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y. Erie Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y.
"Erie Canal Locks at Lockport, N.Y." (No. B 12868, Buffalo News Company (Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1907. "N.Y.C.R.R. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; dated Oct. 1-3, 1907. "Erie Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (No. 10245, Buffalo News Co., Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 9, 1907.
 
View of Locks, Lockport, N.Y. Canal Boat coming through Locks at Lockport, N.Y. Lockport locks - approximately 1908
"View of Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1907? "Canal Boat coming through Locks at Lockport, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908? [CSNYS] "Locks, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y." (1029, PSC Co.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; approximately 1908?
 
Looking down on the Locks from Pine Street Bridge, Lockport, N.Y. Erie Canal and N.Y.C. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y. Erie Canal View, Lockport, N.Y.
"Looking down on the Locks from Pine Street Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (E 5629 - The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908? "Erie Canal and N.Y.C. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (3803 - no publisher statement) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; approximately 1909? "Erie Canal View, Lockport, N.Y." (E 5630b - Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked May 3, 1909.
 
Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y. The Locks Looking East, Lockport, N.Y. Locks, Lockport, N.Y. 1835 / 1910
"Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y." -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec.9, 1909. -- From: Rochester Public Library Local History postcard collection. "The Locks Looking East, Lockport, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1909? [CSNYS] "Locks, Lockport, N.Y. 1835 / 1910" (A23 - no publisher information) -- Postcard ; 1910. [CSNYS]
 
Lockport locks - approximately 1910 Erie Canal East of New York Central Bridge at Lockport, N.Y. Locking Boat, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y.
"Erie Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y." ( 210299 JV - Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Oct. 21, 1910. "Erie Canal East of N.Y.C. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (3799, S. H. Knox & Co.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Nov. 28, 1911. "Locking Boat, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y." (1031, no publisher information) -- statement) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 23, 1914, but more likely 1912? -- Note construction of the Barge Canal proceeding to the south (left) of the working lock.
 
Looking East from N.Y.C.R.R. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y. Lockport locks - approximately 1910 The Lockport locks
"Looking East from N.Y.C.R.R. Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (R 5628b - Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 17, 1912. "Big Bridge, (Widest Bridge in the World), Lockport, N.Y." (Robt. A. Stephanski, Lockport, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1912. Lockport -- RPPC ; not postmarked ; approximately 1913?
 
View of New Lock, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y. Locking Boat, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y. Lockport locks - approximately 1915 - top view
"View of New Lock, Erie Canal, Lockport, N.Y." (R-46295, W - C.T. Photochrom) -- Postcard ; postmarked May 12, 1914. "View of New Lock and Bridge, Lockport, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1914? [CSNYS] "Locks, [Upper Level] Lockport, N.Y. (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked July 31, 1915.
 
Barge Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y. Erie Canal locks at Lockport, looking East Erie Canal locks at Lockport
"Barge Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (11591 - Plaster News Co., Lockport, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; approximately 1930? "Locks, Looking East, Lockport, N.Y." (64677, Plaster News Co., Lockport, N.Y) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; probably late 1940s? "Barge Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (64678, Plaster News Co., Lockport, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; probably 1940s?
 
Erie Canal Locks at Lockport, N.Y. Lockport locks - approximately 1950 - top view Erie Canal at Lockport
"Locks at Lockport, N.Y." (69870 - Plaster News Co., Lockport, N.Y. ; Tichnor Bros, Boston, Mass.) -- Postmarked May 19, 1948. "Barge Canal Locks, Lockport, N.Y." (9B146-H - Plaster News Co., Lockport, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked; 1950? "Erie Barge Canal at Lockport, New York" (6C-K602 - Ernest Gunzburger, Buffalo, NY) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; 1962?
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