Canals
Title
Canals
Subject
Erie and Champlain Canals
Collection Items
Lock 2 Waterford Barge Canal 1917
Image of the opening of the barge canal at Waterford's Lock 2 in 1917.
Canal Store Lock 19 Vischer Ferry
Photograph of men sitting on the front porch of the canal store at lock 19 in Vischer Ferry, NY.
Canal store at lock 22, Rexford, NY.
Photograph of the Michael Travis canal store at lock 22 in Rexford, NY.
Rexford aqueduct with mules
Photograph of canal boats pulled by mules having just crossed the Rexford (N. Y.) aqueduct.
Lower Mohawk (Crescent) Aqueduct (HB)
Photograph from the Howard Becker Collection of the Lower Mohawk (Crescent) Aqueduct
Canal store at Lock 22 Rexford
Photograph of lock 22 in Rexford and the canal store, which is now the Schenectady Yacht Club
Passengers going through lock 22, Rexford, NY
Photograph of passengers on the deck of a canal boat going through lock 22 in Rexford, NY.
Crescent Post Office
Photograph of a woman and a girl on the front step of the Crescent (NY) post office
Easton & Albert canal boat
Photograph of canal boat owned by Andrew Elliott, John Scherer's great-great-grandfather
John Woodin Three Generations
Audio file of John Woodin (in 1975) describing how his grandfather, his father, and he spanned the life of the Erie Canal.
John Woodin's Grandfather "Scrapper"
Audio file of John Woodin (1975) describing how his grandfather got paid by canal boatmen to fight their way through the locks.
John Woodin Payment in Goods
John Woodin (1975) describing how his family was compensated for taking care of canal boat wheelhouses in the summer.
Willard Van Vranken Bridges Marked
Willard Van Vranken recounts to John Scherer how transients would mark the farm bridges along the canals to communicate where fellow itinerants could get a good meal.
Willard Van Vranken Low Bridge
Willard Van Vranken tells John Scherer what the canal boats carried and how the canallers would call, "Low bridge! Everybody down!"
Justice of the Peace document
Document from Justice of the Peace John Witbeck Van Vranken detailing an assault on the canal in October 1866.
Crescent Aqueduct making a turn
Image from level of Crescent Aqueduct. A canal boat is visible on the right, approaching the curve.
Champlain Canal Trail sign
Image of the sign at the trail head of the Champlain Canal path in Halfmoon
Champlain Canal path
Image of the path along the Champlain Canal in Halfmoon, with the top of the stonework wall even with the path on the left
Clute's Dry Dock stonework
Image of the stonework of the entrance to Clute's Dry Dock off the old canal
Vischer Ferry preserve entrance
Image of the entrance to the AC Stevens Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve
Whipple Bridge at Vischer Ferry
Image of the Whipple Bridge at the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve in Clifton Park
Floating dock at Clute's Dry Dock
Image of the floating dock at Clute's Dry Dock on Riverview Road in Clifton Park
Crescent Aqueduct with boats
Image of the aqueduct at Crescent (N.Y.) with canal boats. Towpath is visible on left, pedestrian bridge on right.
Newton Brick Works, Crescent
Image of the Newton Brick Works in Crescent, NY, with the aqueduct visible in the background.
Old Champlain Canal Lock
Image of a lock on the old Champlain Canal, with a boat coming through the lock.
