List of canals in New York facts for kids
This is a list of canals in the state of New York, the artificial waterways built for drainage management or transportation.
List
The following canals have existed in New York, United States.
- Baldwinsville Canal
- Black River Canal
- Cayuga and Seneca Canal
- Champlain Canal
- Chemung Canal
- Chenango Canal
- Chenango Canal Extension
- City Ship Canal
- Clark and Skinner Canal
- Crooked Lake Canal
- Delaware and Hudson Canal
- Erie Canal
- Evans Ship Canal
- Feeder Canal
- Genesee Valley Canal
- Glens Falls Feeder Canal
- Gowanus Canal
- Harlem Ship Canal
- Hydraulic Canal
- Junction Canal
- Little Falls Canal
- Love Canal (drainage)
- Main and Hamburg Canal
- Oneida Lake Canal
- Oneida River Improvement
- Oswego Canal
- Scottsville Canal
- Seneca River Towing-Path
- Shinnecock Canal
- Union Ship Canal
The New York State Canal System currently contains several of these canals.
Some summaries
| C A N A L | L O C K S | ||||||||||||
| Length | T o t a l l i f t | Dimensions | |||||||||||
| number of locks | |||||||||||||
| Years | Locality | Water | st. mile | km | ft | m | m | ft | m | ||||
| 1817 | |||||||||||||
| Erie n° 1 | 1817 | Troy (Albany) | Hudson R. | 363 | 584 | 676 | 206 | L | 90 | 27,5 | |||
| opened | 1823 | Tonawanda | Niagara | 83 | drainage divideS | w | 15 | 4,58 | |||||
| closed | AVERAGES | distance | 4,37 | 7,04 | lift | 2,48 | d | 4 | 1,22 | ||||
| 1828 | |||||||||||||
| Crooked Lake | 1830 | Dresden | Seneca Lake | 8 | 13 | 51 | 16 | L | 90 | 27,5 | |||
| opened | 1833 | Lac Keuka | 27 | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood | ||||||
| closed | 1877 | 44 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,30 | 0,48 | lift | 0,58 | d | 4 | 1,22 | ||
| Chemung | 1830 | Havana | Seneca Lake | 23 | 37 | 36 | 11 | L | 90 | 27,5 | |||
| opened | 1833 | Gibson Corn. | Chemung R. | 49 | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood (?) | |||||
| closed | 1878 | 45 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,47 | 0,76 | lift | 0,22 | d | 4 | 1,22 | ||
| 1836 | |||||||||||||
| Genese Valley | 1839 | Rochester | Canal Erie | 124 | 200 | 1047 | 319 | L | 90 | 27,5 | |||
| opened | 1862 | Olean | Allegheny | 112 | drainage divide | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood (?) | ||||
| closed | 1878 | 16 | AVERAGES | distance | 1,11 | 1,78 | lift | 2,85 | d | 4 | 1,22 | stone | |
| 1828 | |||||||||||||
| Blackriver | 1837 | Rome | Canal Erie | 35 | 56 | 1423 | 434 | L | 90 | 27,5 | |||
| opened | 1855 | Carthage | Black River | 109 | drainage divide | w | 15 | 4,58 | |||||
| closed | 1925 | 70 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,32 | 0,52 | lift | 3,98 | d | 4 | 1,22 | ||
| 1835 | |||||||||||||
| Erie n° 2 | 1836 | Troy (Albany) | Fl. Hudson | 350 | 560 | 571 | 174 | L | 110 | 33,6 | |||
| opened | 1862 | Tonawanda | Niagara | 71 | drainage divideS | w | 18 | 5,49 | |||||
| closed | AVERAGES | distance | 4,9 | 7,9 | lift | 2,10 | d | 7 | 2,14 | ||||
| 1903 | |||||||||||||
| Erie n° 3 | 1905 | Troy (Albany) | Hudson R. | 310 | 499 | 571 | 174 | L | 300 | 91,5 | |||
| (NY Barge Canal) | 1918 | Tonawanda | Niagara | 36 | drainage divideS | w | 43,5 | 13,27 | |||||
| 2021 | 103 | AVERAGES | distance | 8,61 | 13,86 | lift | 4,84 | d | 13 | 3,97 | |||
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