Enlarged Erie Canal Locks #5,#6,#7,#8 in Cohoes, NY

#8: (Satellite, I think the is the southern wall of the center part between the two chambers.)

Locks #5-#7 are buried under Norlite shale processing plant.

Erie Canal Overview

Lock #8

tug44, this webpage has four more photos

Adam Dubec posted
Lock no. 8 Note at the bottom of each step is a groove cut into the stone. These are rope cuts formed by heavy barges tugging at their lines along the steps.
[This is one of the other photos on tug44. The information about the grooves is also from that webpage.]

I found the location of Lock #8 by looking for a satellite image that did not have any leaves. I think the power lines are over the former towpath of the canal.

Google Earth, Mar 2021

Adam Debec posted three images with the comment: "Lock No. 8 in question.  Can you call the correct Lock No. (credit to Derek Baranski)"

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Adam Dubec posted two photos with the comment: "Lock No. 8  The remains of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 8 are located at the northern edge of the working area of the Norlite property. Taken April 2, 2023 by Ted Olsen."

[The source for these two photos is ErieCanal.]

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Adam Dubec posted
Lock No. 8 which is no longer visible as it's overgrown down in Norlite area. earl johnson

Lock #5

Two Canal Society of New York State photos, 1950-1955? -- Albert Gayer photographer, via ErieCanal. 

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The above two photos show that the power company has been using the towpath for a long time. I'm surprised the voltage was that low in the 1950s. Those towers and insulators don't look much larger than the ones I've seen from 1907.

Dennis DeBruler