Richmond Aqueduct (Site)

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demolished, aqueduct, historical layer / disappeared object

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Built as part of the enlargement of the Erie Canal in the 1850's, the Richmond (aka Montezuma) Aqueduct ran for 894ft and carried the Erie Canal over the Seneca River from 1856 to 1917. Abandoned in 1917 and partially demolished thereafter to make way for the present-day New York State Barge Canal, today only the stone supports and filled right-of-way of the old Canal reach remain.

Drawings and plans of similar Erie Canal Aqueducts can be found here:
www.eriecanal.org/images/westcentral-1/Seneca-aqueduct....
www.eriecanal.org/UnionCollege/The_Aqueduct.html

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal

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Coordinates: 43°0'34"N 76°43'12"W

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Town of Montezuma, New York Tyre, New York Savannah, New York Mentz, New York Throop, New York Aurelius, New York Town of Seneca Falls, New York Conquest, New York Galen, New York Cayuga Lake