Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Lock houses; Canals; Grasses; Embankments; People; Color postcards; Reflections; Trees
Front caption reads" "Port Byron, N.Y. Lock on Erie Canal [top of card]. Photo of Port Byron Lock on Erie Canal. The photo appears to be taken from the embankment, surveying one side of the lock and lock houses. On the right side of the lock,...
View from west of the construction of the new Barge Canal lock 17 on the Mohawk River in Little Falls. The old canal can be seen on the south river bank and the entrance from the lock into the new river channel. The lock has a vertical lift gate. ...
This lock is still under construction. Little Falls is in the background There is a construction walkway – presumably wooden around the base of the lock. The far end of the lock has a single gate – presumably a lift gate - instead of double...
Panoramic view of Lock No. 1 at Waterloo, N. Y., towards end of lock, looking down canal at dusk, with bridge and trees beyond. Scene depicts large tree on right side of bank, overshadowing lock house with dog at entrance and man standing at edge...
Color postcard with view of the lower lock and west shore bridge in Newark, New York. The foreground contains the water of the Erie Canal. The middle ground contains the lock, various machinery, a lock house and three large trees. The background...
View of canal boats [presumably three], with raised cabins, leaving [presumably] Barge Canal lock with one gate closed. Two men [presumably boat workers] are on the deck of one boat and three people [one presumably a woman] are at the top of the...
Dual chamber lock of stone and wood on the Erie Canal, with one lock set farther back. A towpath lined with grasses frames the right side of the card; a lock house, houses, trees and utility poles frame the left, with a hill and trees behind. ...
Black & white photograph of a canal boat carrying male and female passengers in the lock near Schenectady, New York. People stand on both sides of the lock looking down. A foot bridge at the end of the lock has two pedestrians crossing. Three...
This lock (Lock No. 17) at Little Falls, N.Y. has a single lift gate instead of two swing gates. Railroads tracks appear at the left side of the canal.
Passenger boat with men and children in Gere's Lock. Boys wearing ties, girls wearing bows in their hair, and men wearing bowler hats and suits. Umbrellas are present outside the lock house. On the right hand side, it appears that men are making...
A lock house surrounded by sheds along the black river canal. Shurbs and grasses surround the canals shoreline near a lock with water spilling over. A man is standing to the right of the waterfall looking towards the lock house. Printing...
Abutments; Beams; Bridges; Pedestrian bridges; Buildings; Clouds; Electric lines; Electric lighting; Embankments; Fences; Gas street lamps; Hats; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Lumber; Railings; Ropes; Signs (Notices); Snubbing posts; Stairways;...
View of Lockport, N.Y. looking down the staircase lock. Locktenders in laborer's clothes lean on the balance beam and small groups of men in variety of dress including suits and straw boaters gather on the pedestrian bridges to look down the row of...
A lock and a lock house on the Erie Canal with a towpath running parallel with it. There is a shed in the background, along with a few trees. A portion of the right side of the image is cut off; Written message on top portion of card (NEAR...
View of towpath, canal, and lock [#55] in Lyons, New York photographed from the towpath looking down the canal toward the trestle bridge and the lock. Dilapidated wooden fence and low wooden buildings line the towpath on the near side. A field and...
View of Eddyville, N.Y., waterfront, including Schumann's Hotel and Delaware & Hudson lock, with written messages presumably identifying and/or labeling pictorial elements [left to right] (Schumanns; PO; Ra.; [indiscernible]; Tow Path; Lock;...
Image shows a double lock system. A small building between the locks has a sign reading, "LOCK No 52". A larger building is located on the right bank with barrels located in front. In the middle is a long low building flanked by two chimneys. The...
Clouds; Fences; Hills; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Power houses; Railings; Reflections; Rocks; Signs (Notices); Stairways;Towpaths; Trees; Color postcards; Close-up views; Canals;
Daytime view of Lock No. 17 facility and power house on the Barge Canal in Little Falls, N. Y. Canal and rocks present in foreground, trees present in background. The postcard shows a single lift gate for the lock instead of the traditional double...
This postcard shows the old and the new. On the left side on can see on of the old locks and on the right side one can see the new Barge Canal locks (35). This lock has a set of double gates in the foreground. The old towpath can be seen leading...
Boulders; Buildings; Canal construction; Embankments; Grasses; Lumber; Roads; Rocks; Ropes; Sheds; Utility poles; People; Black & white postcards; Railroad tracks;
Black and white photograph of barge canal construction of Lock #14 at Canajoharie, N.Y. showing partially constructed lock with construction debris, railroad tracks and equipment in the foreground and railroad tracks in the background. Blank space...
