Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1918 — New Erie Canal, 340 Miles, Long, From Troy to Buffalo [ARTICLE]

New Erie Canal, 340 Miles, Long, From Troy to Buffalo

The new Erie canal extends across New York state from Troy to Buffalo, a distance of 340 miles. From Troy it follows the line of the Hudson river to Waterford. Turning west it follows the line of the Mohawk river to a point beyond Little Falls. West of this point it follows the route of the old canal, but passes north of Utica on a new line, thence south of Rome and through Oneida lake. From there it follows the Oneida river to the Seneca river at Three River point, and on through the Clyde river to a point east of Lyons. From there the old canal route is followed beyond Pittsford. Here the channel leaves the old route, crosses the Genesee river about a mile south of Rochester, joins the line of the old canal a few miles west and continues through the old channel to and through Tonawanda creek to Tonawanda on the Niagara river, which ia followed to Lake Erie at Buffalo.