Erie Canal Museum
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erie-canal-museum-203-5780217
title:
Erie Canal Museum
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The Erie Canal Museum is a historical museum about the Erie Canal located in Syracuse, New York. The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, non-profit corporation. It is housed in the Syracuse Weighlock Building dating from 1850. The Syracuse Weighlock Building was in operation as a weighlock from 1850 to 1883. In 1883 the canal decided to stop charging tolls. The weighlock building was essentially used as a big, elaborate scale to weigh the boats traveling on the Erie Canal and determine
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Canal museum in Syracuse, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal_Museum
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2022-05-31T23:37:53Z
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