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  1. In May of 2014, I traveled through New England and upstate New York. My youngest daughter graduated from college in Wheaton, Mass., and my youngest son graduated two days later from RIT. We flew up and rented a car, and did a LOT of driving over a two-week period. We were in #Rochester, and stopped to have lunch at a pleasant little restaurant overlooking the New York State Barge Canal (you may know it as the Erie Canal) in the town of Pittsford. Afterwards, I snapped this photo.

    #ErieCanal

  2. Found the site where the Cohoes Mastodon was dug up! The falls are about 90 feet high, but a lot of the water has been diverted for a hydroelectric plant and the Barge Canal.

    I knew the #ErieCanal ended near Albany and there were a lot of locks near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, but in many visits to the area I'd never seen these falls!

    Cohoes is about 8 miles north of Albany. The 922 bus runs every twenty minutes and takes about an hour. We bought tasty sandwiches in town!

  3. Fort Gratiot Lighthouse: Guiding Michigan into the global market
    After the Erie Canal opened in the 1820s, Great Lakes industries gained direct access to NYC and beyond. Fort Gratiot stood watch as Michigan’s gateway to the world.
    👉 Learn the full story: bluewaterhealthyliving.com/new
    #FortGratiotLighthouse #GreatLakesHistory #MichiganMaritime #ErieCanal #PortHuron

  4. I hope that #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver renames the #ErieSeaWolves to something having to do with the #ErieCanal. I think the canal is cool. #canals #baseball

    (This has been an absurd combination of hashtags.)

  5. I hope that renames the to something having to do with the . I think the canal is cool.

    (This has been an absurd combination of hashtags.)

  6. I hope that #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver renames the #ErieSeaWolves to something having to do with the #ErieCanal. I think the canal is cool. #canals #baseball

    (This has been an absurd combination of hashtags.)

  7. I hope that #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver renames the #ErieSeaWolves to something having to do with the #ErieCanal. I think the canal is cool. #canals #baseball

    (This has been an absurd combination of hashtags.)

  8. I hope that #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver renames the #ErieSeaWolves to something having to do with the #ErieCanal. I think the canal is cool. #canals #baseball

    (This has been an absurd combination of hashtags.)

  9. Fascinating (at least to me) #history fact: #Syracuse’s early wealth was based on #salt, and those historic banks lining the #ErieCanal literally stored salt in their vaults.

  10. This scanned, historic “birds-eye” view postcard illlustrates what #ClintonSquare and the #ErieCanal in #Syracuse looked like circa 1905. (Image is from Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_ )

  11. This pool and fountain at #ClintonSquare cover a block of the historic route of the #ErieCanal through the center of #Syracuse. The canal was rerouted in the early twentieth century, and its original course through the city was filled and converted into (the paved) Erie Blvd.

  12. #TheJourney
    #BlueSkyArtShow
    #Lock32
    #ErieCanal

    I know it's belated, but I had to submit at least one. We were driving from Rochester to Virginia yesterday, and I didn't get to post.

  13. #TheJourney
    #BlueSkyArtShow
    #Lock32
    #ErieCanal

    I know it's belated, but I had to submit at least one. We were driving from Rochester to Virginia yesterday, and I didn't get to post.

  14. #TheJourney
    #BlueSkyArtShow
    #Lock32
    #ErieCanal

    I know it's belated, but I had to submit at least one. We were driving from Rochester to Virginia yesterday, and I didn't get to post.

  15. There's a swap meet in ohio, my family, and I have gone to since I was a child. We drove down little back roads for almost 2 hours to get there. The last time I went, I decided to stop at one of the historical markers I had passed so many times. Turns out it was a section of the erie canal. And this is a view standing in the middle of it. Who would have guessed!?

    #eriecanal #history #photography #photooftheday #photographer #roadsidestop #america

  16. My latest #LocalHistory post features some ephemera from one of #Schenectady's longest-lasting and well-loved local department stores, The Carl Company. It first opened in Medina in 1891 but moved close to the #ErieCanal in Schenectady in 1906. It expanded into suburban stores in the '60s, and lasted until 1991. Featured on the blog are some of the books into which shoppers pasted Gold Bond Dividend stamps for discounts:

    hoxsie.org/2024/10/16/the-carl

    #history #SchenectadyNY #UpstateNY

  17. Good morning, Mastodon! Keeping cool this morning by driving up on the command bridge. It's a beautiful day on the #ErieCanal. Heading for Oswego today. 30+ miles and 7 locks. photo shows me on approach to the first lock. #boating #BoatLife

  18. Just passed the remains of junction lock, which is where the original Erie canal meets up with the current Erie canal. The original Erie canal was built about 200 years ago and the new one is about 100 years old. There's a ton of history here. #boating #BoatLife #ErieCanal #GreatLoop