
Camillus Landing, near the historic village of Camillus, New York, was the midpoint of the Erie Canal. Camillus Erie Canal Park, located at 5750 Devoe Road, encompasses the first enlargement of the Erie Canal as it crosses the township of Camillus. This section of canal is seven miles long, crossing Nine Mile Creek over a 141 foot long aqueduct with 4 spans. At the center of the park where Devoe Road crosses the canal is Sims' Museum, a replica of a canal side store circa 1856. There is also a replica of a lock tender's shanty and other outdoor displays including a water-filled lock demonstration. The park also features boat rides on a mile of the Enlarged Erie Canal, presently stopping short of the Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct. The aqueduct is currently being restored to operating condition, and once completed, the boat rides will cross the aqueduct as canal boats used to do and continue into another mile of currently unused but navigable canal up to the eastern border of the Park. For current pictures of the restoration progress see the Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct Restoration page.
For more information on Camillus Erie Canal Park, see the Park's web site. For more information on the Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct and the aqueduct restoration, see the Park's Aqueduct page.
The pictures below were taken in July 2004 and August 2008. (Click on the image below to see the full-size version).
| In the model to the right, the left picture shows the aqueduct as it exists today, with the arches of the aqueduct supporting the towpath on the left, and the U-shaped section which supported the wooden trough which held the water on the right. In the center picture, the wooden trough (white) is rebuilt on top of the U-shaped supports, and the right picture shows the water in the rebuilt trough. |
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