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Erie Canal Tugboats

Heavy Erie tugboats like the Governor Cleveland are still used for canal maintenance and sometimes to assist the occasional commercial vessel on the eastern sections

The Governor Cleveland on the canalized Mohawk River near Schenectady

A view of the Day Peckinpaugh at Waterford from a tugboat pilothouse, and Tom Grasso at home in his study (from the ending credits of A DAY TO REMEMBER).

Many thanks!
to Schenectady's SACC-TV 16 for awarding our "Day To Remember" FIRST PLACE
in its 2006 WHY SCHENECTADY? film festival

Erie Canal Barges

This historic vessel was the first of nearly a hundred to be built to just fit the massive locks of the present day Barge Canal. Fatefully, it was also the last of those ships to be taken out of service in 1994.

The Day Peckinpaugh eastbound through Rochester - September 2005

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The Grand Erie Canal

Rush-Henrietta Sr High School
Gates-Chili Sr High School
Spring classes finished
(watch for the fall sessions)

Brighton Sr High School
Monday, Sept 15, 2008

Teachers: Memorable Erie Canal presentations are easy with MPEG video clips projected from a PC. Play them in any order you choose, adding your own comments as needed.

Erie Canal Locks

A view of the upper gate of lock #32 facing southwest. Each of the Erie's 35 locks are of uniform length and width: They differ only in amount of rise or fall.

Lock #32 Pittsford, NY

Erie Canal Images & Videos

The giant mitre gates of lock #30 at Macedon open to welcome the approaching eastbound boat seen in the distance. The 35 locks of the modern NYS Barge Canal lower boats a total of 571 feet on their 345 mile journey from Lake Erie to the Hudson River.

Lock #30 at Macedon (east of Rochester)

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