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Barge potty106 viewsIn the doors below was a pot you would pull out and dump overboard after using. There was a curtain for privacy. I hope people didn't swim in the canals though they do link to lakes.Jun 26, 2008
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Old canal and locks at the museum105 viewsThe Erie Canal Museum was once a weigh station directly on the Erie Canal which ran through here but has since been rerouted away. The glass enclosure was open with a lock on either end of the building. The water was lowered and the boat would come to rest on a scale to weigh it. The weight at the beginning of the season was deducted from current weight and a toll was paid on the result. Tolls were abolished after the canal building cost was recaptured. Jun 26, 2008
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Erie Canal Museum - Syracuse, NY107 viewsJun 26, 2008
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Mule and driver on the Erie Canal104 viewsDrivers were often young boys who started here and worked their way up to boat captain or to running their own boat on the canals. Running a boat for goods and passenger transportation was often a family affair.Jun 26, 2008
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Erie Canal in Seneca Falls, NY113 viewsOnly 4 feet deep originally, it was later deepened to 7 feet for the newer, bigger barges. It has been moved several times and much of it is abandoned today. You can see the remains of boats that were trapped in backwaters when portions of the canal were shut down. The canals could not compete with the railroad when tracks came through.Jun 26, 2008
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Old knitting company on the canal109 viewsJun 26, 2008
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Barge rental on the Erie Canal116 viewsOnly $2,000 a week!Jun 26, 2008
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Many of the attendees105 viewsTo the left you may recognize Frederick Douglas who attended. Jun 26, 2008
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Katrina for President!111 viewsJun 26, 2008
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Boating the Erie Canal113 viewsNote 2 bicycles come with your boat rental to explore the villages you tie up at. Many Villages provide tieups, pumpouts, electric hookups, restaurants close to the canal, etc. There are folks who live full or part-time on the canals.Jun 26, 2008
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Seneca Falls National Women's Rights Park111 viewsThe first meeting on women's rights was held right here. It was touched off by 2 women who attended a conference on slavery overseas. All the women there participated so loudly and passionately the first day that the men spent the next day deciding to send them to the back of the room with orders to keep quiet. Jun 26, 2008
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