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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  York 
  Commerce 
  Commission 
  consisted 
  of 
  Chas. 
  A. 
  

   Schieren, 
  Andrew 
  H. 
  Green, 
  C. 
  C. 
  Shayne, 
  Hugh 
  Kelly 
  and 
  Alex- 
  

   ander 
  R. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Canals 
  Now 
  in 
  Operation 
  and 
  Their 
  Water 
  Supply 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  facts 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  principal 
  

   canals 
  — 
  Erie, 
  Champlain, 
  Oswego, 
  and 
  Black 
  river 
  — 
  now 
  in 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Similar 
  facts 
  for 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  

   canal, 
  Oneida 
  river 
  improvement, 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Seneca 
  canal 
  

   and 
  others, 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  reports 
  of 
  

   the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  space, 
  in 
  

   a 
  few 
  cases, 
  immaterial 
  facts 
  have 
  been 
  omitted. 
  

  

  Length, 
  capacity, 
  and 
  cost 
  op 
  new 
  york 
  state 
  canals 
  

   Erie 
  canal 
  

  

  Original 
  canal 
  Enlarged 
  canal 
  

  

  Length, 
  in 
  miles 
  363.00 
  351.78 
  

  

  Lockage, 
  in 
  feet 
  * 
  675.50 
  645.80 
  

  

  Average 
  burden 
  of 
  boats, 
  in 
  tons 
  .... 
  70 
  . 
  00 
  210 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Maximum 
  burden 
  of 
  boats, 
  in 
  tons. 
  . 
  . 
  76 
  . 
  00 
  210 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Construction 
  authorized 
  Apr. 
  15, 
  1817 
  May 
  11, 
  1835 
  

  

  Construction 
  completed 
  Oct., 
  1836 
  Sept., 
  1862 
  

  

  Actual 
  cost 
  of 
  construction 
  $7,143,789 
  $44,465,414 
  

  

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  i 
  i 
  : 
  

  

  Champlain 
  canal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  canal, 
  in 
  miles 
  66 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  feeder, 
  in 
  miles 
  7 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  pond, 
  in 
  miles 
  5 
  

  

  Total, 
  in 
  miles 
  78 
  

  

  Average 
  burden 
  of 
  boats, 
  in 
  tons 
  85 
  

  

  Construction 
  authorized 
  Apr. 
  15, 
  1817 
  

  

  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  authorized 
  Apr., 
  1822 
  

  

  Estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  canal 
  $871,000 
  

  

  Total 
  cost 
  of 
  canal 
  and 
  feeder 
  to 
  1868 
  2,378.910 
  

  

  Total 
  cost, 
  including 
  improvements 
  and 
  enlarge- 
  

   ments, 
  to 
  1875 
  4,044,000 
  

  

  