New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35

A Lockport museum comparing hand-tool stonework on the original Erie Canal with the concrete and machinery of the later Barge Canal.

Lockport, NY

About New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35

The Locks District Museum sits among the Lockport locks, between the Flight of Five and the Erie Barge Canal locks. Its exhibits focus on how the first Erie Canal was built with stone and hand tools, set against how the Erie Barge Canal was later built using concrete and mechanized equipment. Admission costs nothing, and the museum is open daily during the May through November canal season.

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