Canal Week in Pictures

Sunday, July 8, 2012. Sal and Tom ready to hit the road.

Approximately 100 tents were set up daily by the Comfy Camper crew. These tents were rented by folks who chose "glamping" (glamor camping - lol). They could also rent daily dry towels, chairs, and have a morning cup of coffee ready when they awoke.

Lockport, NY, passing under the widest bridge in the world - 290 feet. Above is a street and parking space.

Culvert Road

Here is an example of a boat being lifted by a lock. The total lift on this lock is 16 feet.

Above are two pictures showing the restored and re-watered aqueduct at Camillus on the expanded canal. This short stretch of water is a fine example of how a wooden trough was placed into a stonework frame to carry the canal over a local waterway

Sal greets the morning of the ride from Rome to Canajoharie. Will Friday the 13th bring him good or bad luck?

Leaving Rome, a large bridge offered this vantage point for a great shot of Lock 17

I've seen this control dam many times as I drove down the Thruway. Today, I got to stand next to it. these dams are primarily at lock locations and control river/canal flow so that proper flow is maintained in the adjacent lock.

Cohoes Falls, also called The Great Falls of the Mohawk, were regarded as the second most beautiful cataract in New York State after Niagara. Thirteen thousand years ago, this point drained the entire Great Lakes region. Most of the water is now diverted for power generation; some is diverted for the Cohoes water supply. During the summer, the falls are virtually dry, revealing shale rock formations that have their own distinctive beauty.