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Erie Canal - Old Lock 34 Mindenville, NY |
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A few hundred yards west of modern Lock 16 on the Erie Canal in Mindenville, sits this canal wall. I had cruised past it a number of times and gave it no thought. The 5-6 modern bollards sitting in the grass, mark it as a typical canal wall, used by the Canal Corp for docking barges and maintenance boats. After some prompting from Howard, I took a closer look at it as I passed thru in 2007. To my surprise, it's made of stone blocks and there are gate recesses on both ends. This is the one remaining wall of Old Lock 34
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On the west end of the wall, we see the gate notch. Notice the modern bollard nearly hidden in the grass.
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The east end of the wall has crumbled in the middle of the gate notch.
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Hard to see in the light, in the middle of the lock is a third gate recess. This lock chamber was lengthened during the 1890's to accomodate more traffic. Note the modern bollard (tie-up post) in the grass.
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