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The Erie Canal in Rochester on Postcards

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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.

Rochester Flood, March 1865, Aqueduct & Canal Osburn House, Rochester, N.Y. & View of Genesee River Where the Erie Canal crosses the Genesee, Rochester, N.Y.
"Rochester Flood, March 1865, Aqueduct & Canal" -- Real Picture Postcard ; not postmarked ; 1865. [CSNYS] "Osburn House, Rochester, N.Y. & View of Genesee River" no publisher information) -- Advertising postcard ; not postally used ; approximately 1902? [CSNYS]
Note the aqueduct at the bottom right with the sharp curve of the canal on the left.		 "Where the Erie Canal crosses the Genesee, Rochester, N.Y." (8471 -- Detroit Photographic Co., c1904) -- Postcard ;
UNDB ; not postmarked.
 
Aqueduct Carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y. Aqueduct carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y. Canal Boats going over Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y.
"Aqueduct Carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y." (No. 544 -- Rochester News Comp., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906. "Aqueduct carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y."(No. A 12001 -- Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; postmarked Aug. 8, 1907. "Canal Boats going over Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y." (2454, PSC Co.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 16, 1919
(but probably 1910?)
 
The Aqueduct from Court Street Bridge, Rochester, N.Y. The Home of the Co-ops. Rochester, N.Y. Genesee River and the Erie Canal Aqueduct
"The Aqueduct from Court Street Bridge, Rochester, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] "The Home of the 'Co-ops.' Rochester, N.Y., showing the famous Erie Canal Aqueduct across the Genesee River (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmark undecipherable ; approximately 1906? [CSNYS] "Genesee River and the Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y." (No. 7122 -- Metropolitan News Co., Boston, Mass. ; Wm. Gleason, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Oct. 2, 1906.
[Note that the printer has corrected the location from Schenectady to Rochester]
 
Aqueduct Carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y. Erie Canal Aqueduct over Genesee River Erie Canal Aqueduct over the Genesee, Rochester, N.Y.
"Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y. (2458 -- Souvenir Post Card Co., New York) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; postmarked Jul. 18, 1906. "Erie Canal Aqueduct over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y." (no printer statement) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908. "Erie Canal Aqueduct over the Genesee, Rochester, N.Y." (Z-1115 -- Scrantom, Wetmore and Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908.
 
Erie Canal Aqueduct Over the Genesee River Erie Canal Aqueduct Over the Genesee River
"The Aqueduct from Court Street Bridge, Rochester, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Double postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1907? [CSNYS] "Erie Canal Aqueduct over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y." (no printer information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908.
 
Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y. Erie Canal and Aqueduct, Rochester N.Y. Erie Canal Aqueduct and Court St. Bridge
"Weighlocks on Erie Canal, Rochester, N.Y." (214976 -- Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910?
[The weighlock was where canal boats were weighed, and the amount of the toll for use of the canal was calculated.]		 "Erie Canal and Aqueduct, Rochester N.Y." (6018, GB&S Co.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? "Erie Canal Aqueduct and Court St. Bridge, Rochester, N.Y." (no. 1003, Scrantom Wetmore & Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910?
 
Erie Canal and Aqueduct, Rochester N.Y. Erie Canal and Aqueduct, Rochester N.Y. Erie Canal scene, near Cobbs Reservoir, Rochester, N.Y.
"Bird's-Eye View from Cobb's Hill, Rochester, N.Y." (6039 -- no publisher info.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908? [CSNYS] "View at Eastern Wide Waters, Rochester, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec. 29, 1910. "Erie Canal scene, near Cobbs Reservoir, Rochester, N.Y." (2435, no publisher info.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 16, 1911.
 
Erie Canal and City Hall, Rochester, N.Y. Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y. Where the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway tracks cross the Erie Canal
"Erie Canal and City Hall, Rochester, N.Y." (214979, The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 30, 1911. "Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, N.Y." (214966, Leighton & Valentine Co., New York City) -- Postcard ; postmarked 1912. "The Old and The New -- Where the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway tracks cross the Erie Canal" [Brighton, just north of Allen's Creek] (No. 1199 -- Rochester News Company, Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1912?
New York State Barge Canal Terminal Court Street Bridge and the Barge Canal Terminal  
"New York State Barge Canal Terminal and South Entrance to New Trolley and Freight Subway System, looking South on Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y." -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1925? [Used with permission of the University of Rochester Department of Rare Books and Special Collections] "Court Street Bridge and Barge Canal Terminal from Chamber of Commerce. Looking up the River, Rochester, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1925? [CSNYS]  
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