See Whitford's history of the canal system.

https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_Canal_System_of_the_State.html?id=fYrVAAAAMAAJ


On 11/9/2016 11:14 AM, Susan Hughes wrote:
> Have you contacted the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse? www.eriecanalmuseum.org
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> I've found  a large number of references online which state that the original size of the Erie Canal locks was 90 feet by 15 feet, built to accommodate boats of 61 feet by 7 feet.  I can't find a primary source to confirm this. Is it true that boats on the original (pre-enlargement) canal were limited to 61 by 7 feet, and if so, why, if the locks were 90 by 15 feet? Thanks.
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