Milan Canal Basin

1839-1867

Milan was a leading Great Lakes port after the completion of the 3-mile Milan Canal in 1839. Center of activity was the Milan Basin at this site where produce was brought from area farms for shipment to lake and world ...

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 ...

Canal Basin

Here at Hollidaysburg the 127-mile Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal met the Allegheny Portage Railroad, which extended 36 miles west over the mountain to Johnstown. The Juniata Division was opened in 1832, the railroad in March 1834. Regarded as ...

Canal Basin

East basin of Delaware and

Hudson Canal, 1828 – 1898.

Carried bulk of New York

City’s coal. Construction

Engineer, John B. Jervis.

Marker is at the intersection of W Main Street (New York Route 97) and Canal Street, on the right when traveling west on ...