Depot: (Satellite)
Museum/Freight House: (Satellite)
Unlike many towns, the Barge Canal used the route of the Erie Canal through town.
The Medina Culvert is about a couple miles east of here.
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| Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor posted The relatively flat lands and river valleys that became the canal route were equally well suited to farming in New York. Grain, apples, hops, celery, root crops, and specialty products like peppermint oil manufactured from mint were among the top crops produced and shipped along the canal in the 1800s. Though agricultural products are no longer transported on the canal, farming continues to shape the landscape, economy, and local flavor of the canalway corridor. 📸: Medina Apple Yard |
The depot is on the left and the museum/freight house is on the right.
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| Street View, Aug 2025 |
Unlike many towns, the Barge Canal used the route of the Erie Canal through town.
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| 1897/97 Medina Quad @ 62,500 |
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| Craig Lacy posted Canal expansion at the Big Bend in Medina. |
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| Craig Lacy posted One of the "Fruit Express" boats is docked in Medina's basin. White's Hotel with its 70 foot high clock tower located on North Main Street is in the background. The hotel burned in 1923. |
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| Craig Lacy posted One of the apple yards on Main Street in Medina. A fully loaded barge on the left. Medina was in the heart of the "Million Dollar Fruit Belt" Craig Lacy shared |
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| Craig Lacy posted A barge loaded with Medina sandstone heads west out of Medina. During repairs to the break wall in Buffalo, 1000 of tons of Medina sandstone were blasted from the quarries in Hulberton, NY for that purpose reaffirming the strength and durability of the famed stone. Weston Cross: Any idea what year? Near as I know, the last time sandstone was used for breakwater repairs was in the late 80s for the Buffalo North Breakwater repairs when the center section of that structure was blown out during a storm in 1986. Craig Lacy: Weston Cross Weston, this photo was in my 1976 file. |
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| Brian R. Wroblewski commented on Craig's post They're loading limestone into barges in Lackawanna for the current round of breakwall repairs but this stuff came here by rail & was unloaded on the dock. |
The museum has a big layout.
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| David Albone, Jul 2019 |
They also run excursion trains.
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| Isai Ortiz, Apr 2022 |
Since the layout is big, they can include some special exhibits.
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| Iorraine barber, Oct 2021 |
Including other forms of transportation.
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| Cathy Sinacola, Oct 2023 |
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| Sara Wickham, Oct 2022 |
Soon after I started this blog, I wanted a photo of a typewriter. It took me a while before I found a museum that had one. And this museum has more than the four that we see here.
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| David Albone, Jul 2019 |
They have a couple of first-generation diesel locomotives for their excursion trains.
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
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| Facebook Reel |
Linda went again.
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| Facebook Reel |
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