The Erie Canal / Albany Basin

The Erie Canal.

This site marks the east

end of the canal, opened in

1825. It carried products

and people between the

Hudson River and Lake Erie

Albany Basin.

For nearly 100 years boats

entered the Erie Canal at

nearby Lock 1, bringing

work, tradition and fame

to the State’s ...

Batteries B & L, Second U.S. Artillery

First Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

First Brigade Horse Artillery

Batteries B & L Second U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. Edward Heaton Commanding

July 2 Arrived at 5.30 A.M. In ...

Erie Railroad

Greycourt to Newburgh branch built by New York & Erie RR 1850. Only branch line built by Erie RR in operation for 129 years.

Marker is on South Street (New York Route 208) 0.2 miles south of West Main Street (New ...

Claverie Building

Shortly after the fire of August, 1857, this one-story brick structure was built by three Frenchmen; L. Claverie, Charles Meysan, and Victor Pinchard. After their partnership dissolved in 1861, Meysan owned the building until 1869. He sold it to Sun ...

Wabash and Erie Canal

Site of depot for canal which passed through town at foot of Main Street. Operations through Petersburg ceased 1860. Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville, through Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and ...

Edgewood Aerie 1801 F.O.E. World War II Memorial

Roll of Honor

Dedicated to the

two hundred fifty two

members of Edgewood

Aerie 1801 F.O.E. who

served and to the sacred

memory of these who gave

their lives in World War II

Howard A. Baldwin

John Banyor

Wallace J. Bishop

William A. Defibaugh

John L. James, Jr.

Bernard J. Larsen

Darwin J. Riley

James ...

Miami and Erie Canal, New Bremen

Locking Through

Lock One North is one of 105 locks used to raise and lower boats traveling between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Large wooden gates were built at each end of the lock to hold water in the ...

Canals and Railroads – Arteries to the Heart of Industrial Trent

As the United States began to feel the full force of the Industrial Revolution and expand its own manufacturing and commercial base, cities like Trenton that were blessed with an advantageous location were in the forefront of transportation developments. By ...

Erie Avenue

In 1849 the Erie RR began

running through Corning on

this street, then called

Erie Avenue. The tracks

were removed in 1952.

Marker is at the intersection of Denison Parkway East (State Highway 352) and Cedar Street, on the right when traveling west on Denison ...

Miami – Erie Canal

Lock 15

Miami – Erie Canal

From 1845 to about 1906 barges pulled by horses provided transportation from the Ohio River to Lake Erie through a system of locks which raised or lowered boats to the next level of the ...