The Erie Canal Locks at Lockport NY USA

The Erie Canal Locks at Lockport NY USA

3 Sets Of Photos For The Slide Show Video Of The Locks Of The Erie Canal At Lockport NY USA.

1) Photos of the Locks in the Spring Before They Put the Water Back In the Canal, 2010.

2) Photos Of The Erie Canal Sesquicentennial Lock Though In 1975.

3) A Canal Cruise, Photos of the Locks and the Lift Bridges 2009.

The Closed Captioning Is Setup With The Photo Descriptions. Updated July 26, 2010.

See:
America's Heritage: The Erie Canal (1957)
http://youtu.be/6_f7S4BojGI

Visit the Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride
http://www.lockportcave.com/
http://www.facebook.com/Lockport.Cave.Underground.BoatRide

and

The Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises.
http://www.llecc.com/
http://www.lockportlocks.com/

Schedule http://www.lockportlocks.com/cruisesch.html

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Video © Copyright 2010 Stephen R. Bye

Erie Canal Photos © Copyright 2009 Sean. Bye

Erie Canal Photos © Copyright 1975, 2009, & 2010 Stephen R. Bye

Post Card Photos & old Erie Canal photos courtesy of
The Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride
http://www.lockportcave.com/
http://www.facebook.com/Lockport.Cave.Underground.BoatRide
http://www.facebook.com/Lockport.Haunted.Cave

Profile of the original canal picture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1832_Erie_Canal.jpg - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal

The rights for the Music for this video were purchased from
Network Music Inc - CD 150 - Industrial - 04 Fanfare for the Ages
Network Music Inc - CD 112 - Industrial - 06 Freedom Suite (Noble Deeds)
Network Music Inc - CD 098 - Industrial - 03 Aftermath
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Plaques in the Video

Plaque #1 (On the Big Bridge Facing the Locks)

Ancient Order of Hibernians
William J. Ryan Div. 4 And
New York State Irish Legislators

In Memory Of The Many Irish
Immigrant Laborers Whose
Endurance In The Construction
Of The Grand Erie Canal
Brought Untold Wealth To The
Area In Which They Settled

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Plaque #2 (On the Pine St. Bridge Facing the Locks)

Erected August 16, 1975

In Commemoration of the 150Th Anniversary of the Completion
Of The Original Locks Which Opened a Connecting Waterway
Between The Hudson River and the Great Lakes.

This Completion of the Erie Canal Was the Opening of a Door
To The Settling Of The West.

Tribute Must Be Paid To the Engineers of That Age Who
Surveyed and Designed This Project With Antiquated
Instruments and Little Engineering Experience.

These Men Were Pioneers Of The American Engineering.

Erected By
American Society of Civil Engineers
Buffalo Section
American Consulting Engineers Council
National Society of Professional Engineers
Erie-Niagara Chapter
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Low Bridge
By Thomas S. Allen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Bridge_(song)

Historical pictures of the Lockport locks can be found on http://www.eriecanal.org/Lockport-1.html

And Historical pictures of The Erie Canal or "Clinton's Big Ditch" at http://www.eriecanal.org/index.html

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