WEDNESDAY JULY 24 LOCKPORT TO MEDINA

This was a very impressive section of the canal.  Lockport is named for its original 10 locks, 2 adjacent flights of 5 locks, each lock in the flight providing 12 feet of change for a huge water level change of 60 feet! Today, one of the flights has been replaced with two 30 foot locks which allow boats and watercraft transportation through the canal.  It's still being used today. 

We visited the museum and watched a 20 minute video of the canal's history in Lockport which was very well done and took lots of pictures.  There are sections of the canal that cross streams and roads, "water over the bridge" and when you realize that it was completed in 1825 after 8 years of construction it's simply amazing.  The original funding of 7.2 million dollars was depleted and more money had to be found somewhere to complete the job.  It's wonderful that there are these visionaries like Dewitt Clinton governor of NY who made it happen.

Dewitt Clinton 6th governor of NY

This road goes under the canal!  I'm standing on the canal looking down 30 feet.


A photo display of the road under the canal.


Some art sculpture benches on the trail


There are some gorgeous homes on the canal.

View of the tow path/bike trail

Flight of Five locks in Lockport

Showing how a barge would navigate the old system.

A monument dedicated to the lock tenders.


New lock system replacing one "Flight of Five"

These are our new bikes, Aventon, we LOVE them!!!!

I have to apologize for the order that these pictures were downloaded.  Sometimes I just have no idea what's going on.








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