Erie and Champlain Canals' Weight-Lock and Sidecut to Hudson River in Watervliet, NY

Weight-Lock: (Satellite)

Sidecut: (Satellite)

Erie Canal and Champlain Canal Overviews

Se also "Erie Canal in Watervliet."

This lock is downstream of where the Champlain Canal joined the Original and the Enlarged Erie Canals so that it could serve both canals.

Syracuse has preserved its weight-lock and turned it into a museum.

Joel Torres posted five photos with the comment: 

Visited the remains of the Watervliet Weight-Lock also known as The West Troy Weighlock.

It operated until 1915.

Tom Page: I believe there were originally five weighlocks on the Erie Canal: Albany/Watervliet, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo.

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[They left out the step that the lock has to be drained before it can be weighed.]

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Hudson River Lightkeeper commented on Joel's post

Hudson River Lightkeeper commented on Joel's post

Steven Duuck commented on Joel's post
Area around Weigh Lock Watervliet
[Now I understand what the "cutoff" canal was. Note that they could go to the Hudson River only after they paid their tolls.]

Hudson River Lightkeeper posted seven images with the comment:

Celebrating 200 Years of the Erie Canal 1825-2025

West Troy Weigh-lock and looking north to Lock 3

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Hudson River Lightkeeper posted four images with the comment:

Celebrating 200 Years of the Erie Canal 1825-2025

Watervliet Upper Side-cut entrance to the canal from the Hudson River

Hudson River Lightkeeper shared

Mieczkowski Edward: If I have this figured out right the first canal barges on the “Clinton’s Ditch” Erie could carry as much weight as two modern tractor trailers.

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Hudson River Lightkeeper posted six images with the comment:

Celebrating 200 Years of the Erie Canal 1825-2025

Watervliet

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[According to Photo 6 below, the bridge is Broadway. So this is the upper sidecut lock..]

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Hudson River Light Keeper posted 8 photos with the comment:

Celebrating 200 Years of the Erie Canal 1825-2025

A few more images of Watervliet

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Watervliet Canal Boats waiting on the Hudson River.

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Erie Canal at 23rd St.

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13th St. Bridge looking north.

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14th Street Andersonville and 2nd Avenue on left.

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14th Street Bridge over the Erie Canal.

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Abandoned Erie Canal through Arsenal 13th St looking south.

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23rd Street and Broadway. Filling in the side cut.

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23rd Street and Broadway. Filling in the side cut.

Cori Willson commented on Photo 2

This map implies that Broadway was today's NY-32. But I think that today's Empire State Trl was Broadway and NY-32 was the canal.

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