Clinton Square: (
Satelite, Erie Blvd. is built on the canal's right of way.)
Museum: (
Satellite, "Museum set in the only remaining weighlock building explores impact & history of the canal system.")
Erie Canal Monument: (
Satellite)
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor posted
The original Erie Canal, also known as “Clinton’s Ditch,” ran right through the heart of Syracuse for the first 100 years of its operation, making Clinton Square became the region’s commercial hub. This bustling port crowded with boats and carriages helped establish Syracuse as a city that eventually drew boatloads of immigrants to the area. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ErieCanal200 📸: Clinton Square, 1905, Courtesy of the Smithsonian |
"YOU ARE HERE" on this map is the
Erie Canal Museum.
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Matt Korona posted
Looking east along the Erie Canal in Syracuse Ny 1878
Christopher Freeman: The barge is leaving the Weighlock and entering the Oswego Canal. [The Oswego canal is behind the building in the middle.] |
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Matt Korona posted
Syracuse Ny where the Erie Canal and the Oswego Canal met |
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Dennis McGann commented on Matt's post
1951 aerial view of the area. Blue line is Oswego(canal)Blvd. SSB at left center. |
Looking East. The Oswego Canal branches off to the left at the second towpath bridge, and the weightlock is on the right past the brown buildings.
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Hudson River Lightkeeper commented on Matt's post From the water level. |
This was the view on the other side of the weighlock.
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Matt Korona posted
Looking west down the Erie Canal in Syracuse Ny 1870
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Matt Korona posted
Frozen canal at the Weighlock building in Syracuse Ny |
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Chester Hartwell commented on Matt's post
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Erie Canal Museum posted
#TBT to Syracuse's original city hall, also known as Market Hall. Constructed next to the basin formed at the junction of the Erie and Oswego Canals, just like the Syracuse Weighlock Building (also pictured), the building was initially meant to be a market for canal products. However, Syracuse's primary commercial districts developed slightly further to the west in Hanover and Clinton Squares, which resulted in Market Hall failing to draw many customers. However, Syracuse itself boomed due to the Erie Canal and its administration grew evermore complex. As a result the village, then city, rented offices in the Market Hall before acquiring the building outright, which is where the Center City was governed for the next half century until the construction of the current City Hall in the 1890s. Market Hall also saw a number of important conventions held within it, notably the Third National Woman’s Rights Convention in 1852, the first attended by noted suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage, the 1855 Abolition Convention, and the 1864 National Convention of Colored Men. Next month on February 11 at noon, we are pleased to be hosting Bob Searing from the Onondaga Historical Association, who will explore some of these events and others from Syracuse's long history of reform in his talk "Freedom For All: Civil Resistance and the Fight Against Slavery in Antebellum Syracuse." To learn more and register, follow this link: https://www.simpletix.com/.../2026-sloan-lecture-series...
Thomas Babilon: Ssme location as current city hall? Erie Canal Museum: Thomas Babilon yes, they expanded the footprint. |
This is a photo of a painting in the museum.
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Matt Korona posted
Syracuse Ny Erie Canal early 1900s
John L Roach: And the famous lift Bridges,!! |
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Matt Korona posted
Cleaning out the Syracuse Erie Canal in 1898.
John Ruth: Note the temporary narrow-gauge RR tracks laid in the canal bed. Also note the date on the sign; this work is being done in the bitterest part of a Syracuse winter! Frozen muck? Kristofor John: John no, it wasn't frozen. It was done during the time when meteorologist focused on real time approaching weather. They knew if it was warm in the midwest..that warmth was heading this way. |
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Matt Korona posted
Erie Canal running through Syracuse Ny early 1900s |
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Matt Korona posted
Clinton Square c. 1890 shows economic changes brought about in large part by the Erie Canal. In 1875, the Syracuse Savings Bank Building replaced the Daily Star Building, and the Gridley Building, built in 1867, replaced the Coffin Block.
Mark DiGiorgio: 35 stars on that flag....wow! [Note all of the phone wires on the poles.] |
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Matt Korona posted
Clinton Square in Syracuse, New York 1925 |
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Hudson River Lightkeeper commented on Matt's post
Just a few years earlier (c1901) Lots of changes in 1925. |
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Bob Hanley commented on Matt's post
Here's a pic of some of the archaeology done before they put in the rink and fixed up the park. |
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Matt Korona posted
Syracuse’s Empire Hotel along the Erie Canal early 1900s |
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Matt Korona posted
Syracuse Weighlock Building Syracuse Ny 1903 |
A different exposure.
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor posted
Weighlocks: the original E-Z Pass. 🛥️ 🚗 Boats traveling on the canals in the 1800s paid tolls based on how much their cargo weighed. From 1850 to 1882, the Weighlock Building in Syracuse weighed, on average, four boats per hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and it’s still around today as the home of the Erie Canal Museum! See it up close with a 360-tour on our website here: https://buff.ly/EUwhpheHudson River Lightkeeper sharedTom Page: I wouldn't say "E-Z pass." All locks including weigh locks slowed the trip down measurably. It took a fair amount of time to lock through. |
We can see a replica boat peeking out the windows on the right. It is setting in the weight lock that was on the south side of the canal. (I was sure to include the
microwave horn antennas on the roof at the left side.)
And here is a view looking out those windows from that replica boat. The main canal would be to the left of this basin.
"The Museum’s weigh chamber contains the
Frank Buchanan Thomson, which is a full-size replica line boat. It is representative of a pre-enlargement vessel that would have carried both cargo and passengers on the Canal. Museum visitors can explore the
Frank Buchanan Thomson and learn about life for canal boat passengers and crew, as well as the raw materials and finished goods that traveled on the Canal." [
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I wish someone had taken a photo of this display. I wonder where this aqueduct was located. (Update: it looks like the
aqueduct in Rochester.)
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Update:
Erie Canal Museum
posted six photos with the comment:
If you have visited our Museum recently, you’ve probably noticed there are some major renovations underway on our historic Syracuse Weighlock Building. This 176 year old building has had its fair share of renovations and remodeling. There were five major renovations between 1890 and 1918 to improve the use of the space as the building's purpose started to shift away from being a weighlock station to office space, first for the Canals then the New York State Engineers and Department of Transportation. The 3rd major improvement in 1903 saw the removal of the cast iron fence around the building and in 1906, they removed the weighlock scale and wooden trusses, opening up much of the upstairs space for office use. The weighlock chamber was closed off to make even more office space in the early 1930s as the canal was closed and filled in through downtown Syracuse in 1924. Enjoy these photos which also include renovations to the upstairs weighlock gallery, library and main office with one of our founders, Frank B. Thomson, as the space was transformed into the Canal Museum during the early 1960s.
Are you interested in seeing this project for yourself as well as experiencing the historic Weighlock Building further? Consider attending our History at the Weighlock after hours events that will see the Weighlock opened in the evenings on May 28th, July 22nd (the Weighlock’s 176th birthday), and August 19th. We will have special activities including speakers, music, docents, a cash bar, and food trucks throughout those evenings. Find out more details and register for free here: https://www.simpletix.com/.../history-at-the-weighlock...
These events are made possible with support from Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and NYS Canal Corporation !
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Hudson River Lightkeeper
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Charles Ilardi commented on the above post
There's a Barge in there!
John Ward: Notice the bathroom behind the curtain where do u think the waste went when they finished what they were doing? Much the same answer when we were in Italy riding a train. |
Yvonne Wall
posted six images with the comment: "Erie Canal, Syracuse 1976 from my newspaper collection."
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Matt Korona posted
A collapse bridge in the Oswego Canal in Syracuse |
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Hudson River Lightkeeper posted
Dumb Lock - Syracuse 1890's
Steve Abel: Okay--I'll bite. Can anyone explain a "dumb lock" for us? TIA Alan Seguin: Steve Abel manually operated |
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