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.
