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Eagle's Nest Creek Culvert, Erie Canal to Whitehall Street near Lock No. 2, Cohoes, Albany County, NY
LocationErie Canal to Whitehall Street near Lock No. 2,
Cohoes, NY
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER NY-157
Building/structure dates:
1820 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1842 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1852 subsequent work
Significance: The culvert was constructed in sections at different periods of time to carry the flow of Eagle's Nest Creek under the "old" Erie Canal, the Champlain Canal, and the "new" or "enlarged" Erie Canal. It is significant as an intact nineteenth century structure associated with the Erie Canal.
Subjects
Canals
Related Names
Howard, Frederick M., Historian
Dickstein, Samuel, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING INLET PORTAL
2. VIEW, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING OUTLET PORTAL
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