This lock has a lift of 12.5' (3.8m). Construction was completed in 1914. [HAER]
July 12, 2024:
This view is looking North, and the bridge goes over the lock.
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| Street View, Aug 2013 |
July 12, 2024:
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| John Kucko Digital posted Footbridge on the Move: The Erie Canal barge carrying the pedestrian bridge that will be constructed over the 190 at Ralph Wilson Park in Buffalo is inching its way into Western New York. It is on the move once again this morning, day 8 of its journey on this historic waterway. The tug and barge one is now through Lyons, NY at Lock 27–next up will be Newark. The tug has to go back to Clyde to get barge two. They will likely overnight in Palmyra. The barge carrying the bridge is expected to arrive in Buffalo on 7-16, also known as #716Day. Stay tuned for more updates… |
July 13, 2024:
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| John Kucko Digital posted Footbridge on the Move: Here’s the very latest on that massive barge move on the Erie Canal that’s transporting the huge pedestrian bridge to Buffalo and Ralph Wilson Park there—the bridge will span the 190. The tug and second barge are on the move as of early this morning—this is day 9 on the Erie Canal for the crew at Carver Marine Towing. Barge two will pass through Lock 27 in Lyons (pictured here), Lock 28a in Lyons, Lock 28b in Newark before meeting up with barge one in Palmyra at Lock 29 sometime around the noon hour. From there Macedon and Fairport are next. They SHOULD make it through Fairport by later today. I’ll do my best to keep you posted here. They will have to make up time somewhere to hit their July 16th delivery date in Buffalo. Stay tuned… |
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| Jean Greenier commented on John's post We drove up from Port Crane yesterday. Thanks for the updates. History in the making. |
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| Canal Society of New York State posted A Hoodledasher at Lock 27 A recent discovery in the Society's Madden Collection is this c1905 image of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 27, one of very few (if any?) other photographic views of this particular lock. It was located just west of Erie Barge Canal Lock 10 at Cranesville. The lock along with its very nearby neighbor Lock 26, were known as the "Phillips" locks, recognizing a local family that had been there since before the Erie Canal. Both locks were in use just before the State's Stop and Tax Act of 1842 which brought the enlargement program to a temporary halt. The lengthened portion of Lock 27 that so clearly shows in the foreground was added during the winter of 1888-1889 so as to accommodate "hoodledashers", two canal boats tied together as also shown in the photograph. The lengthening allowed them to go through in a single locking, avoiding the time and expense of unhitching. Lock 27 was in use until 1916. Note the two individuals on the towpath portaging their canoe around the lock. |
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| seamagazine and marina |
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| WayneHistorians Eastbound view of the lock, showing the lock gates open. The dam is to the right. Photo from the Travels of Tug 44. |
Later, I noticed that the 2013 date of the street view at the top of these notes is significant. In 2023, the bridge was closed. I wonder if it is open again and what happened.
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| Street View, Nov 2023 |
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