ERIE CANAL SCENES
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Some pictures from a trip through the eastern
Erie canal and Oswego Canal in 2005. I was on the tug Margot pushing
a barge with a turbine on it to Oswego. |
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Approaching Lock O-1 on the Oswego.
We are now northbound for the Port of Oswego. The port is situated
in the southeast corner of Lake Ontario |
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Exiting Lock O-2 |
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Dropping down on Lock O-3 |
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The Rookey's Tug Honey |
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Down on Lock O-5. There is not a
Lock O-4. The original canal plans called for one but the engineers
were able to work one of the locks out of the plans. The signs must
have been made though because all the other numbers stayed the same. |
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North of Lock O-5 |
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Dam at Lock O-6 |
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Salmon fisherman at the dam at Lock
O-7 |
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The pool between Lock O-7 and Lock
O-8 in Oswego, NY |
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The Oswego River is on the right.
We are moving through a canalized portion of the river. |
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Entering Lock O-8 |
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Oswego is an entry point for the
NYS Canal System |
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We are still 245 ft above sea level
as we enter Lake Ontario |
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Bridge just north of Lock O-8 |
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Oswego Harbor |
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Coleman's Irish Pub |
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H. Lee White Museum. Make sure to
stop in and see the displays, Interesting views of life in a canal
and lake town. |
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