Lock 29 - Fort Hunter
This is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 29, Empire Lock. This view is of the extended south chamber, looking east. This was a double lock built around 1841 to replace Clinton's Ditch Lock 20, the old Empire Lock, which is adjacent to it at this site. It had an 8 foot lift and was lengthened in 1885. It is located at the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, about a mile east of Schoharie Creek in Fort Hunter, NY.
Lock 29 - Fort Hunter
This is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 29, Empire Lock. This view is of the extended south chamber, looking east. This was a double lock built around 1841 to replace Clinton's Ditch Lock 20, the old Empire Lock, which is adjacent to it at this site. It had an 8 foot lift and was lengthened in 1885. It is located at the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, about a mile east of Schoharie Creek in Fort Hunter, NY.