The canal that goes to Lake Ontario is a separate canal, called the Oswego Canal - still much in use by pleasure boats. In the early 1900's, the Erie canal was renovated and called the Barge canal. In most cases it followed the path of the old canal, but in others it had a new course. My own experience is a little old (7 years), but then it was fully navigable by small boats at least to Oswego. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <SwimBails@aol.com> To: <NY-HUDSONRV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [HudsonRV] Re: 1876 map > Marita, > > I can see you are a practical person. $300 for an 1876 Albany City > Atlas...pfft! > > Thank you for the directions from your map. Much of the lettering is blurry > in my copy. Mapquest.com gave me a good idea of where Sherman St. is--just N > of Washington/Central and very close to Washington Park. > > I think I found North St. by your directions--isn't it the street furthest > North on the East side of Broadway in North Albany? It is almost but not quite > a continuation of Third St.? Mapquest did a miserable job with North St. > Whatever they were showing me was not it and twice a requested zoom resulted in > an aereal view of Sacramento, CA!! > > So that leaves Mohawk, which appears to be also in North Albany and going > North on Broadway, leaving Albany, it is the third street to the left (West) of > Broadway? > > I have always wondered about the Erie Canal. It seems to go more directly to > Lake Ontario than to Lake Erie and also there are whole large sections in the > middle of the state where it appears to be dried up--except maybe in the > Spring. I remember reading about mules that pulled the boats through the > difficult areas. Dredging must have been difficult in those days. It seems that in > the summer the boats would run aground and in the winter the smaller passages > would freeze over. Still the prosperity of much of New York (before the > railways) was heavily dependent on the Erie Canal, I understand. In Albany it would > not be so much of a problem because of the Hudson River, I suppose. > > Best wishes and many thanks, > Jean > > In a message dated 8/4/03 12:01:40 AM, maritag@earthlink.net writes: > > << Jean > > I was able to purchase a copy of the 1876 Albany City Atlas on my > recent trip. I found it at an antique store. He wanted $300 for the > original so I opted for a copy. Marita > > > > > > > 51 Sherman > > 30 Mohawk > > North near the Canal (I guess that means North Street) > > 25 North- corner of Washington Ave. > > 36 Mohawk > > > These low numbers but the addresses close to the Hudson River. > > > > Washington Ave. goes from Eagle, opposite city hall west to the city > > line. > > Sherman goes from Lark to Partridge St. > > Mohawk goes from Broadway westerly to North Albany (near Pearl St.) > Broadway goes North westerly > > North St. goes from 1233 Broadway to the canal, North Albany > The Erie Canal parallels Broadway north westerly > North St. appears to be only about 1 block long east from Broadway > across champlain st and ends at the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad > and is in North Albany >> > > > ==== NY-HUDSONRV Mailing List ==== > The NY-HudsonRV Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/HudsonRV/ > Site good for unsubbing, changing subscription, archives, links, etc. >