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NEW YORK STATE CANAL SYSTEM--DISTANCE TABLE OF POINTS Cayuga and Seneca Canal From Place to New York From place City Buffalo Mibaay POreUnel ee ee a ck eek 144.80 359 .92 Pepe ey ie CANBY se eee ok te as 10.40 155.20 349.52 East junction, Erie and Cayuga and Seneca canal... 200.88 355.90 148.82 West junction, Erie and Cayuga and Seneca canal... 0.32 356.20 148.52 Dee | Gyiue 1OCK ) cs ee eee co EL 4.07 359.97 152.59 Tibeoa PERI AL i ee a te dae wees 37.83 397.80 190.42 Repo 1 OVI OOK) ye ec ee ee os 359.97 152.59 Reveen FAME. oe eee ey 4.38 864.35 156.97 WRtEHO0. ee ea eerie ee ar: 3.71 368 .06 160.68 Geneva a ee 6.94 375.00 167.62 WAUANS Se oe i cet Cae eee es 32.80 407.80 200.42 Montour Falls; Ayerstreet... 3-6... -50.5.....0... 2.50 410.30 202.92 Distances, Albany to Montreal by Way of Hudson River, Lake Champlain and Richelieu and St. Lawrence Rivers (Approx- imate Distances ) Place to Total place distances RIDADV os Gi) ee ae i ee i ee Witenes oa ee omnes 70 70 WOUBEB EOIN a re re ee 110 180 St: John's (canal entrance) ok fone a es Gee oe 25 205 RAND ee ee ee ah es 12 217 Bt, Ours LOOK oe es Oe cease ei ee oe es 32 249 DOLE ee Se as 14 263 Montreal soa ea es ess i ks Sib ee as 46 309 Data as to Dimensions of Canal, Locks, Clearances Wnder Bridges, Etc. Boats: The maximum size of boats permitted to use the canals is: Length 300 ft., beam 48% ft., height out of water.... 15 ft. Channel: Minimum bottom width, land line, earth'section ..... 15. ft. Width of channel, water surface, land line, earth SECHION 5 occ es os os oo ca 123-171 ft. Minimum bottom width, land line, rock section ...... 94 ft. Bottom width of channel in canalized rivers, generally 200 ft. es i ie ee es 12 ft. Bridges: The minimum clearance under fixed bridges ......... 15% ft. Number of railroad and highway bridges crossing ce i CO Ga, 309 Erie, 245; Champlain, 34; Oswego, 14; Cayuga- Seneca, 16. Locks: Built of concrete, operated by electricity: Average time of lockage ..)......745.5., 72.775, 7 20 min. Length between lock pates .........5.c.s6.eccc ce. 328 {t. Available length inside lock chambers .............. 800 ft. Width of lock chambers (minimum 44.45 ft.) ........ 45 ft. Depth of water on lock silla .,. 49510004) 2 eae. 12 4. INUMIDOD 060. 0e. eee ee 57 Mileage: Erie Canal (Waterford to Tonawanda) ............. 3388 miles Oswego Canal (from Three Rivers Point to Lake ONUATIO). ik i i 24 miles Cayuge-Seneca Canal (from junction with the Erie Canal to Ithaca and Watkins, including Cayuga and Seneca Lakes and spur to Montour Falls) ........ 92 miles Champlain Canal (Waterford to Whitehall) ......... 60 miles Canal harbors at Utica, Syracuse and Rochester .... 10 miles Wotal canal nilledge |... 45555... 524 miles Distances Between Certain Points on Canals and Connecting Waters: New York City, Pier 6, East River to Waterford ..... 154 miles fonawands to Buffalo, Erie Basin......,..... 6.3... 12 miles Lockport to Tonawanda .:..........4....... 4. 18 miles Waterford to Three River Point ......... 4., -essh).- 160 miles Junction, Erie and Cayuga and Seneca Canals-- PO To ere ee 4 miles Junction, Lock 1, Cayuga and Seneca Canal to Lock Oy ee a 8 miles Whitehall to Rouses Point... .:......50,.2 5. 3 110 miles Albany to Whitehall |. 35. opie ke sce 70 miles Watertord to Oswepo ... cs... 184 miles Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, Inc. The Original Publishers of Coal Docks on the Great Lakes since 1910 25069 Lorain Road North Olmsted, Ohio 173