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Leaving Rome on a long straight stretch of canal to Sylvan Beach, which is located on the east side of Lake Oneida. Sylvan Beach is a step backin time, with an old amusment park, and beach scene. It's a busy little town on weekends with vacationers and beach goers. We loved it and stayed several days. There were good restaurants, bocce courts, and other fun stuff.
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Our first stop in the canal was at Amsterdam. The free wall is about 40 miles from Waterford. The free wall is just a concrete wall with cleats to tie up to. Some may have electricity or not, but it's free and secure. We walked over the bridge to explore the south sideof the canal.
This pathway for walkers, and bicyclist runs the entire length of the canal.
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We didn't stop to visit Little Falls, but I took a few pictures of the locks. Lock 17 was about a forty foot lift. In the last picture, on the left is the trailway path that follows the along canal.
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Waterford NY is where Erie Canal begins. Lock E2-E6 combine to make a flight of five which will raise your boat about 150 feet. In the first photo, I am standing infront of the Waterford Harbor Visitor Center. There is a plaque on the building marking the high water line which occured when Hurricane Irene came up the East coast, and through upstate NY.
While we stayed at the free docks at the visitor center, we walked up the the old historic locks which have been replace by the newer operating locks.
Here is a view looking downstream at the first lock. Each lock in this "Flight of Five" raises the boat about 30 feet.
This is one of the maintenance yards along the canal. As we traveled the canal, we would run into various work boats doing maintanence along the way.
