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that the support which this project received was from the two 

 terminals of the canal. 



This act provides that the route of the Erie, Oswego and Cham- 

 plain canals, as improved, shall be as follows: 



Beginning at Congress street, Troy, and passing up the Hudson 

 river to Waterford; theme to the westward through the branch 

 north of Peoble's island and by a new canal and locks reach the 

 Mohawk river above Cohoes falls; thence in the Mohawk river 

 canalized to Little Falls; thence generally by the existing line 

 of the Erie canal to Herkimer; thence in the valley of Mohawk 

 river, following the thread of the stream as much as practicable 

 to a point about six miles east of Rome; thence over to and down 

 the valley of Wood creek to Oneida lake; thence through Oneida 

 lake to Oneida river; thence down Oneida river, cutting out the 

 bends thereof, where desirable, to Three Rivers Point; thence up 



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Fig. 74 Earth section of 22-foot canal carrying vessel of 8,000 tons capacity. 



to Seneca river, to the outlet of Onondaga lake; thence still up 

 Seneca river to and through the State ditch at Jack's Reefs; 

 thence westerly generally following said river to the mouth of 

 Crusoe creek; thence substantially paralleling the New York Cen- 

 tral railroad and to the north of it to a junction with the present 

 Erie canal about 1.8 miles east of Clyde; thence following 

 substantially the present route of the canal with necessary 

 changes near Lyons and Newark to Fairport; thence curving to 

 the south and west on a new location, joining the present canal 

 about one-half mile west of the crossing of Irondequoit; thence 

 following the old canal to a point about one and one-fourth miles 

 west of Pittsford ; thence following the existing line of the canal 

 for nearly a mile; thence running across the country south of 

 Rochester to the Genesee river near South park, here crossing 

 the river in a pool formed by a dam ; thence running to the west 

 of the outskirts of Rochester and joining the present canal about 

 one mile east of South Greece; thence following substantially the 

 route of the present Erie canal, with the necessary change in 



