Putting on the Brakes

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Lafayette toured the locks at Lockport in the summer of 1825
Before engines, posts like these were about the only brakes available. These posts though, were needed to make the sharp turn at the aqueduct near Schenectady in old old canal. - postcard image courtesy of eriecanal.org
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