The Travels of Tug 44 |
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Erie Canal - Old Lock 60 Macedon, NY |
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Enlarged Erie Lock 60 can be accessed by boaters from a small floating dock near buoy R-786, about a mile east of modern lock E-30. The historic marker and some of the lock is visible from the canal.
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All the data is conveniently displayed on this on-site sign.
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Looking east along the south chamber, with the lengthened north chamber in the background.
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Looking west along the top of the south chamber.
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The lower (east) entrance to the south chamber. To the far right, one sees the 1888 extension of the north chamber.
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Inside the north chamber looking west, one sees how the entension was added.
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In the extended north chamber, the original lower gates were no longer needed, replaced by the lower doors on the extension.. The long bolts once held timbers to fill in the gap where the gate once was. A bit of the timber remains.
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A short climb through the brambles rewards one with a view of the spillway intakes.
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