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(July 3, 2020, Canal Society of New York State
A Hoodledasher at Lock 27
A recent discovery in the Society’s Madden Collection is this c1905 image of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 27, one of very few (if any?) other photographic views of this particular lock. It was located just west of Erie Barge Canal Lock 10 at Cranesville. The lock along with its very nearby neighbor Lock 26, were known as the “Phillips” locks, recognizing a local family that had been there since before the Erie Canal. Both locks were in use just before the State’s Stop and Tax Act of 1842 which brought the enlargement program to a temporary halt. The lengthened portion of Lock 27 that so clearly shows in the foreground was added during the winter of 1888-1889 so as to accommodate “hoodledashers”, two canal boats tied together as also shown in the photograph. The lengthening allowed them to go through in a single locking, avoiding the time and expense of unhitching. Lock 27 was in use until 1916. Note the two individuals on the towpath portaging their canoe around the lock.