Erie Canal Lock 32 LbNA #8188 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 11, 2004 |
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| City: | Pittsford |
| County: | Monroe |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | emibird |
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| Last found: | Aug 13, 2009 |
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| Last edited: | May 11, 2004 |
Lock 32 State Canal Park, Pittsford, NY
When it opened in 1825, the Erie Canal was a marvel of engineering and human labor. From Albany to Buffalo, it opened up the American frontier and made westward expansion inevitable. It turned New York Harbor into the nation's number one port. It shaped social and economic development. Cities and industries developed along the canal and flourished.
Construction of the original Erie Canal began on July 4th, 1817 and was completed in October of 1825. The 363 mile canal stretches from the Hudson River to Lake Erie and was completed at a cost of more than $7 million dollars. The Canal was replaced after 92 years by the current barge canal, which bypasses both Rochester and Syracuse
The Erie Canal was the superhighway of pre-Civil War America. By the late 20th century, the importance of the Erie Canal shifted to recreation. It still connects the Great Lakes and inland waterways to the Hudson River and on to the Atlantic. Barges make up little of the traffic. Instead, pleasure craft of every size, dinner cruises, and even intrepid canoeists keep the canal and its locks busy
America's first boom town known as the "Young Lion of the West," catapulted from a sleepy little hamlet of less than 300 in 1817 to a bustling city of over 8,000 a decade later. Progress was due, in large part, to the Erie Canal, which supplied a convenient and inexpensive route to populous markets on the East Coast. Rochester continued to grow, eventually becoming the World's Image Centre, birthplace of high-tech giants like Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Bausch and Lomb. Rochester continues to be one of the largest exporting communities in the country.
CLUES:
Erie Canal Lock 32 is on Clover Street (Route 65) on the southeast side of Rochester, NY. Drive into the parking area from Clover Street. Pass by the observation building and stroll along the bike path, heading west. The path goes past a humanoid hydration station followed closely by the skeletal remains of a ship crewed by pigmy pirates. If you continue past the pirate ship about 100 yards, the path goes up a gentle incline to a small bridge connecting the canal with an old mooring area for barges, wherein you can see the remains of sunken, abandonded barges from a bygone era. Retrace your steps and begin counting the large, round, yellow mooring posts that ships can tie up to. Count them starting with the pirate ship and stop at the stairs to the viewing area on top of the observation building. Remember this number.
From the top of the stairs in the lock viewing area, look directly across the lock and down into the runoff area beyond the lock. There you will discover a sporting area that is used for a summer olympic sport involving water. You can either walk or take your car over the bridge across the canal on Clover Street, turning into the second road about 100 yards south from the canal. Go 400 yards to the first parking area you see on the right. Park toward the canal and head toward the sporting area on the small path that goes east, toward Clover Street, from the parking area.
Start counting your steps as you pass the sign welcoming you to the sporting area on the path. You will need to go 100 steps plus the number of mooring posts you previously counted. On your right, below the level of the path, hidden by some underbrush, is a pile of rocks. To the right of the opening in the underbrush, look for a rectangular rock about the size of a shoebox lid. Under it you will find the Erie Canal Lock 32 Letterbox. There's even a place to sit and stamp. Let me hear from you!
When it opened in 1825, the Erie Canal was a marvel of engineering and human labor. From Albany to Buffalo, it opened up the American frontier and made westward expansion inevitable. It turned New York Harbor into the nation's number one port. It shaped social and economic development. Cities and industries developed along the canal and flourished.
Construction of the original Erie Canal began on July 4th, 1817 and was completed in October of 1825. The 363 mile canal stretches from the Hudson River to Lake Erie and was completed at a cost of more than $7 million dollars. The Canal was replaced after 92 years by the current barge canal, which bypasses both Rochester and Syracuse
The Erie Canal was the superhighway of pre-Civil War America. By the late 20th century, the importance of the Erie Canal shifted to recreation. It still connects the Great Lakes and inland waterways to the Hudson River and on to the Atlantic. Barges make up little of the traffic. Instead, pleasure craft of every size, dinner cruises, and even intrepid canoeists keep the canal and its locks busy
America's first boom town known as the "Young Lion of the West," catapulted from a sleepy little hamlet of less than 300 in 1817 to a bustling city of over 8,000 a decade later. Progress was due, in large part, to the Erie Canal, which supplied a convenient and inexpensive route to populous markets on the East Coast. Rochester continued to grow, eventually becoming the World's Image Centre, birthplace of high-tech giants like Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Bausch and Lomb. Rochester continues to be one of the largest exporting communities in the country.
CLUES:
Erie Canal Lock 32 is on Clover Street (Route 65) on the southeast side of Rochester, NY. Drive into the parking area from Clover Street. Pass by the observation building and stroll along the bike path, heading west. The path goes past a humanoid hydration station followed closely by the skeletal remains of a ship crewed by pigmy pirates. If you continue past the pirate ship about 100 yards, the path goes up a gentle incline to a small bridge connecting the canal with an old mooring area for barges, wherein you can see the remains of sunken, abandonded barges from a bygone era. Retrace your steps and begin counting the large, round, yellow mooring posts that ships can tie up to. Count them starting with the pirate ship and stop at the stairs to the viewing area on top of the observation building. Remember this number.
From the top of the stairs in the lock viewing area, look directly across the lock and down into the runoff area beyond the lock. There you will discover a sporting area that is used for a summer olympic sport involving water. You can either walk or take your car over the bridge across the canal on Clover Street, turning into the second road about 100 yards south from the canal. Go 400 yards to the first parking area you see on the right. Park toward the canal and head toward the sporting area on the small path that goes east, toward Clover Street, from the parking area.
Start counting your steps as you pass the sign welcoming you to the sporting area on the path. You will need to go 100 steps plus the number of mooring posts you previously counted. On your right, below the level of the path, hidden by some underbrush, is a pile of rocks. To the right of the opening in the underbrush, look for a rectangular rock about the size of a shoebox lid. Under it you will find the Erie Canal Lock 32 Letterbox. There's even a place to sit and stamp. Let me hear from you!