Old Canal: (
Satellite, intersection from which the photo was taken.)
Lock #20: (
Satellite, 685 photos)
Oriskany Street and East-West Arterial Highway were built on the old canal right-of-way.
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Cori Wilson posted
The drained canal prism in Utica, looking east from Genesee Street, 1896, with weighlock building at right.
[Some comments discuss the Chenango Canal, which was a branch canal.] |
Today's view:
They moved the Mohawk river further north past the town so that they could build some industry on the flood plain. And the river has meandered on the west side.
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| 1898/1898 Utica Quad @ 62,500 |
A 50/50 blend of the old and new:
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| 1898/1898 Utica Quad @ 62,500 and 1943/1953 Utica East @ 24,000 |
Lock #20
I found this lock on the satellite map
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