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Champlain Canal, Waterford Locks, U.S. Route 4, Waterford, Saratoga County, NY

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Champlain Canal, Waterford Locks, U.S. Route 4, Waterford, Saratoga County, NY

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Significance: The Champlain Canal was built to link Lake Champlain with the Erie Canal and with the tidewater of the Hudson River. The Canal is presently part of the New York State Barge Canal system, the most extensive in the United States. When the Barge Canal was built, c. 1911-15, most of the original alignment of the Erie and Champlain Canals was abandoned, although it was followed generally. The Champlain portion of the Barge Canal, which accommodates tug and barge traffic, for much of its route at the lower end is the canalized Hudson River.
Survey number: HAER NY-14
Building/structure dates: 1824-1826 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Brunel, Marc Isambard
Jervis, John B
Boucher, Jack E
Huberman, R Carole
Pollak, Richard J
Vogel, Robert M
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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