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Images of the Erie Canal between Syracuse and Little Falls

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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 Canastota

Steel barges at Canastota, N.Y., Erie Canal. Lift Bridge and Canal St., Canastota, N.Y. Peterboro St. Bridge, Canastota, N.Y.
"Steel barges at Canastota, N.Y., Erie Canal" -- Photograph ; 1895 [CSNYS] "Lift Bridge and Canal St., Canastota, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; other variant copies are postmarked Sep. 7, 1907 and Sep. 19, 1907. [CSNYS] "Peterboro St. Bridge, Canastota, N.Y." -- Real Photo Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1907? [CSNYS]
 
Hoist Bridge, Erie Canal, Canastota, N.Y. State Street, showing Erie Canal, Canastota, N.Y. Erie Canal, looking East from Main Street in Canastota, N.Y.
"Hoist Bridge, Erie Canal, Canastota, N.Y." (C.F. McConnelly) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1909? [CSNYS] "State Street, showing Erie Canal, Canastota, N.Y." (No. B 4814 -- The Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910. "Erie Canal - East from Main Street, showing Lindley Boat Co., Canastota, N.Y." (C. F. McConnell, Canastota, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked. A variant copy is postmarked Feb. 14, 1910.
 
Erie Canal looking East from Peterboro Street, Canastota, N.Y. Erie Canal and State Street, Canastota, N.Y.  
"Erie Canal looking East from Peterboro Street, Canastota, N.Y." (C.F. McConnell) -- Postcard ; postmarked Oct. 11, 1913. "Erie Canal and State Street, Canastota, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Oct. 6, 1913. [CSNYS]  

Images of the Erie Canal in Durhamville and Vicinity

Right: Changing mules. Many working canal boats included a stable for the horses or mules in the bow of the boat. The norm was two teams of horses or mules; one team would be housed in the stable while the other team was working. See the Working boats page for more information. Life on the Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y. Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y.
"Life on the Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? [CSNYS] "Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; message dated Aug. 24, 1910. [CSNYS]
 
Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y. Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y. Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y.
"Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; note dated 1915. [CSNYS] "Durhamville [Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y.]" (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1915? [CSNYS] "Erie Canal, Durhamville, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? [CSNYS]

Images of the Erie Canal in Rome and Vicinity

Erie Canal lock near Rome, N.Y. View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y.
"The Erie Canal Locks near Rome, N.Y., 1830" -- Illustration from unknown source. [CSNYS] -- The pictured lock is on the original "Clinton's Ditch" Erie Canal. "A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y." (215274 - Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 12, 1912. [CSNYS]
 
Erie Canal, Rome, N.Y. Erie Canal, Rome, N.Y.
"Erie Canal, Rome, N.Y." (H 4161 -- The Rotograph Co., New York City, c1905) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; postmarked Oct. 3, 1906 ; photograph c1905. "Erie Canal, Rome, N.Y." (E4161, The Rotograph Co, N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmark indecipherable ; photograph c1905.

Images of the Erie Canal in Oriskany and Vicinity

Souvenir Photograph, Oriskany, N.Y. Bird's-eye View of Oriskany, N.Y.
"Souvenir Photograph, Oriskany, N.Y." (Beach, Remsen and Utica) -- Postcard ; postmark undecipherable ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] -- The Erie Canal is in the middle background. "Bird's-eye View of Oriskany, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmark undecipherable ; approx. 1910? [CSNYS]

Images of the Erie Canal in Whitesboro and Vicinity

Aqueduct, Whitesboro, N.Y. Alliance Mill and Erie Canal, Whitesboro, N.Y. View on Erie Canal, Whitesboro, N.Y.
"Aqueduct, Whitesboro, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] "Alliance Mill & Erie Canal, Whitesboro, N.Y." (No. C 12826 - G.P. Motse & Sons, Whitesboro, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 10, 1908. [CSNYS] "View on Erie Canal - Furniture Factory in background, Whitesboro, N.Y. (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? [CSNYS]

Images of the Erie Canal in Utica and Vicinity

Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal and Mohawk Valley near Utica, N.Y.
"Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y." (no. 039274 ; Detroit Publishing Co., between 1900 and 1915) -- from: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Mohawk Valley cotton mills, Utica, N.Y. (no. 039290 ; Detroit Publishing Co., between 1900 and 1915] -- from: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. "Erie Canal and Mohawk Valley near Utica, N.Y." (11628 ; W.C. Rowley, Utica, N.Y., c1905) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked.
 
Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley Tow Path on Erie Canal, near Utica, N.Y. Note that the postcard to the immediate left is the same photograph as the postcard to the far left, although cropped somewhat. The colorizing process also eliminated the utility poles. The utility poles in the postcard below were removed as well (see the other version).
"Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley" (No. 2632 ; Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; postmarked Nov. 13, 1905. "Tow Path on Erie Canal, near Utica, N.Y." (16825 ; Canal and River Series ; [Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.]) -- 1905? ; postcard approximately 1907)  
 
View of the Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley near Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley
"View of the Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906? [CSNYS] "Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley near Utica, N.Y." (No. 2634 -- Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906?. Another version is postmarked Nov. 8, 1906. "Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley" between Utica and Frankfort (6141, The Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB), postmarked May 29, 1906. -- Another version is titled "Erie Canal, Utica, N.Y."
 
Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal View on the Erie Canal at West Shore Crossing Utica, N.Y. Lock on the Erie Canal near Utica, N.Y.
"Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal" (No. 3, A.J. Purvis, Utica, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1907? "View on the Erie Canal at West Shore Crossing Utica, N.Y." (7754, Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908? "Lock on the Erie Canal near Utica, N.Y." [Lock 46] (16821 - Canal and River Series) -- Postcard ; postmarked Nov. 4, 1912. [CSNYS]
 
Erie Canal from Hotel Street, Utica, N.Y. Erie Canal, near Utica, N.Y. The Erie Canal near Utica, N.Y.
"Erie Canal from Hotel Street, Utica, N.Y." (16818 - Canal and River Series) -- Postcard ; postmarked Nov. 9, 1912. [CSNYS] -- Looking west ; the bridges shown are Seneca Street (a Whipple style bridge, built 1910) in the foreground and Washington Street (a lift bridge, built 1900) in the background. "Erie Canal, near Utica, N.Y." (16816 - Canal and River Series) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jul. 2?, 1913 [CSNYS] "Erie Canal, near Utica, N.Y." (6822 - Canal and River Series) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jan. 2, 1914.
 
Barge Canal, Utica, New York    
"Barge Canal, Utica, New York" (64237 -- Wm. Jubb Co., Syracuse, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930s?    

Images of the Erie Canal in Frankfort and Vicinity

Lock 45 on the Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y. Frankfort Lock, Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y. Life on the Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y.
"Lock on the Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y." [Lock 45] (A 26253 -- The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? -- Another version is titled Canal Locks, Frankfort, N.Y. [CSNYS] "Frankfort Lock, Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y." (A5995, American News Company, New York) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906? "Life on the Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmark undecipherable ; approximately 1910? [CSNYS]
 
Pleasant Avenue along the Erie Canal, Frankfort, N.Y. Moonlight on the Erie Canal, East Frankfort, N.Y. Moyer Creek and Erie Canal aqueduct from Main Street, Frankfort, N.Y.
"Pleasant Avenue [along the Erie Canal], Frankfort, N.Y." (217517 -- The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910?
Note Lock 45 in the background. 		"Moonlight on the Erie Canal, East Frankfort, N.Y." (D. 12289 -- J.S. Watkins, Frankfort, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? "Moyer Creek from Main Street, Frankfort, N.Y." (978 -- Williamson & Maguire, Frankfort, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Aug. 27, 1913. Compare this view with the photograph below and a variant image titled Moyer Creek, Frankfort, N.Y.

"Erie Canal Viaduct, Moyer Creek Crossing, Frankfort, Herkimer County, NY" / Walter H. Cassebeer, Photographer, June 1936 -- from the Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, HABS NY,22-FRAFO.
Right: "View (looking south)"		 Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y.
Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y.
"Towpath viaduct (looking south)" "Towpath viaduct north abutment (looking south east)" "Towpath viaduct west arch (looking south)"
Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. Remains of Erie Canal Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y.
"Towpath viaduct (looking north)" "South towpath crossing (looking south)" "Detail of south towpath crossing (looking north west)"

Images of the Erie Canal in Ilion and Vicinity

Erie Canal scene with packet boat Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. Ilion -- Lock 44
"Erie Canal scene [with packet boat], Ilion" -- Photograph (b&w ; 7 x 9 in.) ; 1880? -- From: Perinton Municipal Historian collection. "Near Ilion -- Section of Improved Erie Canal" -- From: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1897 (Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1898) [Lock No. 44, Ilion] -- Photograph (3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.) ; approximately 1900?
Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. Lock on Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley Lock on Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley
"Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (G 8750, The Rotograph Co.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? "Lock on Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley" [Lock no. 44] (No. 2632 ; Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; postmarked Nov. 13, 1905. "Lock on Erie Canal in the Mohawk Valley" [Lock no. 44] (No. 2633 -- Rochester News Co., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905?
 
Erie Canal and Dry Dock, Ilion, N.Y. Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y.
"Erie Canal and Dry Dock, Ilion, N.Y." (No. 2627 -- Rochester News Comp., Rochester, N.Y.) -- Postcard (UNDB) ; postmarked Oct 8, 1905. "Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (No. 4824, The American News Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec. 2, 1906. "Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (202,666 -- Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 3, 1908.
 
Lift Bridge over Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. Steel Fleet on Erie Canal near Ilion, N.Y. Canal at Ilion, N.Y.
"Lift Bridge over Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (D 5042 - American News Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jul. 21, 1909. [CSNYS] "Steel Fleet on Erie Canal near Ilion, N.Y." (25602 - The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; picture approximately 1895?, postcard approximately 1910?. -- Note: compare to a photograph of the steel fleet taken in 1895. "East Main Street, Ilion, N.Y." (No. C14592 - American News Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 28, 1911.
 
View Looking East from Typewriter Bridge, Ilion, N.Y. Typewriter Bridge, Ilion, N.Y. Canal at Ilion, N.Y.
"View Looking East from Typewriter Bridge, Ilion, N.Y." (M 2118) -- Postcard ; postmarked Mar. 29, 1911. [CSNYS] "Typewriter Bridge, Ilion, N.Y." (217635 - The Valentine Souvenir Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec. 7, 1914. [CSNYS] "Canal at Ilion, N.Y." (222090 - Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1915?
 
emington Typewriter Company and Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. General View, Looking West, Ilion, N.Y.  
"Remington Typewriter Company and Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmark undecipherable ; approximately 1915? [CSNYS] "General View, Looking West, Ilion, N.Y." (222091 ; no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1916? [CSNYS]  
 
emington Typewriter Company and Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y. Remington Arms and Ammunition Co. and Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y.  
"Part of Remington Arms Co. Plant Along Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (C.L. Prince, Mohawk, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Mar. 21, 1918. [CSNYS] "Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. and Erie Canal, Ilion, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; another version has date Sep. 10, 1919. [CSNYS]  

Images of the Erie Canal in Mohawk and Vicinity

Erie Canal locks at Mohawk N.Y. Fulmer Creek Aqueduct, Mohawk  
"Canal Locks, Mohawk, N.Y." (No. C13458 -- American News Co., New York) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1909? "Aqueduct and Fulmer Creek, Mohawk, N.Y." (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910? Reprinted with permission from Erie Canal, by Andrew Kitzmann and the Erie Canal Museum (Arcadia Publishing, 2009), p. 68.  
 
Locks on the Erie Canal, Mohawk, N.Y. Aqueduct and Fulmer Creek, Mohawk, N.Y. Erie Canal, Mohawk, N.Y.
"Locks - Erie Canal, Mohawk, N.Y." (M-9301 ; no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Jun. 16?, 1912. [CSNYS] "Aqueduct and Fulmer Creek, Mohawk, N.Y." (No. E 3575 -- no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Apr. 26, 1913. [CSNYS] Note that this is a color version of the image above. "Erie Canal, Mohawk, N.Y." (No. E 3574 - no publisher information) -- Postcard ; postmarked Dec. 16, 1915? [CSNYS]

Images of the Erie Canal in Herkimer and Vicinity

Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y. Erie Canal and Mohawk River, Herkimer, N.Y. Herkimer County Fair
"Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y." (A 5784, American News Company, New York) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905. "Erie Canal & Mohawk River, Herkimer, N.Y." (A 4309a ; The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1905? [CSNYS] "Herkimer County Fair" (no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1908? [CSNYS] Note the Erie Canal in the foreground.
 
The Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y. The Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y. Crossing of the old and new canals a little west of Fort Herkimer
"The Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y." (1001 28, no publisher information) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1910. "Life on the Erie Canal, Herkimer, N.Y." (A 4308b - The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City) -- Postcard ; postmarked Oct. 27, 1910. [CSNYS] "Barge Canal, Contract No. 30: Crossing of the old and new canals a little west of Fort Herkimer" -- from: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., 1917) -- facing p. 96.
 
Small Movable Dam Seen from Above, Herkimer, N.Y. Mohawk River, Barge Canal and Route 5S Highway, Herkimer, N.Y.  
"New York. Barge Canal. Small Movable Dam Seen from Above. Herkimer." (1921) -- Photograph (photographer unknown) ; 14 x 20.5 cm. "Mohawk River, Barge Canal and Route 5S Highway, Herkimer, N.Y." (E-8921 --Wm. Jubb Co., Syracuse, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930s?  
 
Barge on the Mohawk River and Canal, Herkimer, N.Y. Locks at Herkimer on the Barge Canal, Herkimer, N.Y.  
"Barge on the Mohawk River and Canal, Herkimer, N.Y." (6B552-N -- Littlefalls Wholesale Co., Littlefalls, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930s? "Locks at Herkimer on the Barge Canal, Herkimer, N.Y." [a guard lock, which allows a stretch of the canal to be closed off for maintenance] (6B555-N, Little Falls Wholesale Co., Little Falls, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1930s?  
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