List of canals in New York

This is a list of canals in the state of New York, the artificial waterways built for drainage management or transportation.

List

The following canals have existed in New York, United States.

• Baldwinsville Canal
• Black River Canal
• Cayuga and Seneca Canal
• Champlain Canal
• Chemung Canal
• Chenango Canal
• Chenango Canal Extension
• City Ship Canal
• Clark and Skinner Canal
• Crooked Lake Canal
• Delaware and Hudson Canal
• Erie Canal
• Evans Ship Canal
• Feeder Canal
• Genesee Valley Canal
• Glens Falls Feeder Canal
• Gowanus Canal
• Harlem Ship Canal
• Hydraulic Canal
• Junction Canal
• Little Falls Canal
• Love Canal (drainage)
• Main and Hamburg Canal
• Oneida Lake Canal
• Oneida River Improvement
• Oswego Canal
• Scottsville Canal
• Seneca River Towing-Path
• Shinnecock Canal
• Union Ship Canal

The New York State Canal System currently contains several of these canals.

Some summaries

Source:[1]

					C A N A L					L  O  C K  S
					Length		T o t a l     l i f t				Dimensions
				number of locks
		Years	Locality	Water	st. mile	km	ft	m	m		ft	m
	1817
Erie n° 1	1817		Troy (Albany)	Hudson R.	363	584	676	206		L	90	27,5
opened	1823		Tonawanda	Niagara	83		drainage divideS			w	15	4,58
closed			AVERAGES	distance	4,37	7,04	lift		2,48	d	4	1,22
	1828
Crooked Lake	1830		Dresden	Seneca Lake	8	13	51	16		L	90	27,5
opened	1833		Lac Keuka		27					w	15	4,58	wood
closed	1877	44	AVERAGES	distance	0,30	0,48	lift		0,58	d	4	1,22
Chemung	1830		Havana	Seneca Lake	23	37	36	11		L	90	27,5
opened	1833		Gibson Corn.	Chemung R.	49					w	15	4,58	wood (?)
closed	1878	45	AVERAGES	distance	0,47	0,76	lift		0,22	d	4	1,22
	1836
Genese Valley	1839		Rochester	Canal Erie	124	200	1047	319		L	90	27,5
opened	1862		Olean	Allegheny	112		drainage divide			w	15	4,58	wood (?)
closed	1878	16	AVERAGES	distance	1,11	1,78	lift		2,85	d	4	1,22	stone
	1828
Blackriver	1837		Rome	Canal Erie	35	56	1423	434		L	90	27,5
opened	1855		Carthage	Black River	109		drainage divide			w	15	4,58
closed	1925	70	AVERAGES	distance	0,32	0,52	lift		3,98	d	4	1,22
	1835
Erie n° 2	1836		Troy (Albany)	Fl. Hudson	350	560	571	174		L	110	33,6
opened	1862		Tonawanda	Niagara	71		drainage divideS			w	18	5,49
closed			AVERAGES	distance	4,9	7,9	lift		2,10	d	7	2,14
	1903
Erie n° 3	1905		Troy (Albany)	Hudson R.	310	499	571	174		L	300	91,5
(NY Barge Canal)	1918		Tonawanda	Niagara	36		drainage divideS			w	43,5	13,27
	2021	103	AVERAGES	distance	8,61	13,86	lift		4,84	d	13	3,97

See also

References

1. Taylor, Wm. B. (1865). Profile of the New York State Canals and Feeders. R. H. Shearman.