New York State Canal System
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The New York State Canal System is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York. The 525-mile system is composed of the Erie Canal, the Oswego Canal, the Cayuga–Seneca Canal, and the
Lock 30 at Macedon, 2006
Lock 27 in Lyons, New York
Sign in Waterford marking the split of the Erie and Champlain Canals
Day Peckinpaugh
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Day Peckinpaugh is a historic canal motorship berthed at the Matton Shipyard on Peebles Island, Cohoes in Albany County, New York, United States.
New York State Canal System
…pleasure boats, although it also serves as a method of controlling floods. The last regularly scheduled commercial ship operating on the canal was the Day Peckinpaugh, which ceased operation in 1994. Since 1992, the Barge Canal is no longer known by that name. Individual canals in the New York State Canal System…
Day Peckinpaugh docked at Albany on her maiden voyage in 1921
Day Peckinpaugh docked at Waterford, New York (November 2005)
Day Peckinpaugh closeup at Waterford, New York (November 2005)