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NEW YORK. 



buildings are a college, an academ}^, 4 churches, and a bank. Population, 3,000. A coH' 



slant breeze from the lake, and an uncommon richness in the scenery of the shores, render this 

 neighborhood a delightful residence in summer. Canandaigua is 15 miles from Geneva, neai 

 the outlet of Canandaigua lake. The principal street is two miles in length, running along the 

 ridge of a hill, and handsomely planted with trees. A square in the centre of the village con- 

 tains a court-house ; the Episcopal church in the main street is one of the most elegant build- 

 ings in the State. In the neighborhood are numbers of delightful villas and beautiful gardens 

 and orchards. This village is a place of considerable trade, and steamboats ply upon the lake 

 here, as well as upon that of Seneca. Population, 2,000. 



The city of Rochester, on the Genesee River, is a place of great trade and opulence, and of 

 astonishingly rapid growth. It was founded in 1812, and is the fourth town in the State in 

 point of numbers ; it is one of the emporiums of the western parts. It stands upon the great 

 canal, 7 miles from Lake Ontario, with a ship navigation by way of Genesee River to within two 

 miles of the town, thus having a water communication with New York, Quebec, and the great 

 lakes. A raib'oad to Attica, 50 miles in length, attests the enterprise and wealth of the city ; 

 the streets are spacious and well laid out, and the buildings are neat, and some of them elegant. 

 Within the limits of the city are 22 large flour-mills, built of stone, which grind 600,000 barrels 

 of flour annually . Some of these mills -are on a scale of magnitude not equalled elsewhere in the 

 world. One of them covers more than 4 acres, and all of them are considered unrivalled in the 

 perfection of their machinery. Here are also cotton and woolen manufactories, saw-mills which 

 turn out 9,000,000 feet of lumber in a year, machine-shops, and other mills. The Genesee 

 falls are in the northern part of the city, and the water power which the river affords here, is 

 immense. 



There are three bridges across the Genesee at this place ; the canal aqueduct deserves par- 

 ticular notice. The canal strikes the river in the south part of Rochester, and after following 

 the eastern bank for half a mile, crosses the river in the centre of the town in an aqueduct built 

 upon 11 arches of hewn stone, 804 feet in length ; the structure is no less worthy of admiration 

 for its strength, than its architectural beauty. From the observatory at the summit of the ar- 

 cade, may be seen in a clear day the waters of Lake Ontario, like a strip of blue cloud on the 

 verge of the horizon. Population of Rochester, 18,000. 



Lockport is a flourishing place on the canal, 65 miles beyond Rochester. It stands on the 

 Mountain Ridge, and the canal here rises 60 feet by 5 locks, which exhibit the most stupendous 

 and imposing works in its whole course. Above the locks, the canal flows in a bed cut for 

 three miles out of the solid rock, 20 feet in depth. In 1821, there were but two houses at this 

 place ; it is now an important town, with numerous manufactories, a flourishing trade, and 

 5,000 inhabitants. 



Buffalo is a beautiful and thriving city at the junction of the canal with Lake Erie. It 



stands upon a long hill, rising 

 with a gentle acclivity from the 

 shore. The streets are wide 

 and regular, and there are three 

 handsome public squares. The 

 harbor of Buffalo is furnished 

 with a lighthouse at the entrance, 

 and has been much improved by 



pier 



80 rods in width 



■S =-.".JBSiB!s 



Lighthouse at Buffalo. 



now prevents the sand of the 

 lake from barring up its mouth. 

 Two small rivers unite their 

 waters in the harbor, and afford 

 great convenience for landing 

 and shipping goods, while a 

 number of basins and lateral ca- 

 nals communicating with the 

 great canal, afford every facility 

 for the commencement of the 

 long course of inland navigation. 

 Buffalo is the p'p.nd emporium 



