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Erie Canal Lock E-2 1
Erie Canal Lock E-2 2
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Walking Tour

Erie Canal Lock E-2

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Waterford

🚪"so cool to explore a lock up close!"
🅿️Parking is on South St, not at the wooden stairs
⚠️Open water access, no fence nearby

Watch volunteers dig up the Erie Canal's original Lock 1, a massive 1820s engineering marvel hiding in plain sight downtown. The wooden gates and changing water levels are a hands-on history lesson you can wander right through.

Hands-on history
Industrial heritage
Waterfront wandering
Volunteer-led project
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  • Hands-on history
  • Industrial heritage
  • Waterfront wandering
  • Volunteer-led project
  • Waterford