The locks on the Erie Canal
Lockport, New York
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The Niagara Falls provided an insurmountable barrier to navigation between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Built to overcome the 66 feet of difference between the lake levels, these locks made navigation possible by way of the Erie Canal.
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Lockport was founded in 1821, and grew around the series of double locks that
are now a part of the state Barge Canal system.
The canal provided relatively cheap transportation to
the east coast for goods produced in Niagara Falls.
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Photos by Owen Tyler — October 1990 |
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Modern freighters are much too large to use the canal,
but as long as they're not too tall to pass under the bridges, most
pleasure boats are just the right size to use the canal to get around
the nearby Niagara falls.
Click here to learn a little of the history of Lockport and the locks, and the Erie Canal.
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