The Erie Canal at Little Falls

Twentieth Century Views at Little Falls

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Left: "Aqueduct at Little Falls" -- from: History of the Canal System of the State of New York ... / by Noble E. Whitford (Albany : Brandow Publishing Co., 1906) -- vol. 1, opposite p. 800. Compare this 1905 view with James Eights' engraving of 1824 to the right.		Erie Canal at Little Falls / William Henry Jackson, photographer (no. 7626 -- Detroit Publishing Co.) -- 1880-1897? -- from: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.


"Erie Canal near Little Falls, N.Y." (G 4368, The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City, c1905) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; not postmarked. Another version (D 4368, The Rotograph Co.) is postmarked Sep. 20, 1907.	"Little Falls, N.Y." (no publisher info.) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; not postmarked ; approximately 1906?	"Lovers' Leap looking W., Little Falls, N.Y." (201,911 ; Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked Apr. 12, 1909.


"Little Falls, N.Y., Lower Lock" (1673 --Paul C. Koeber Co., New York) -- Postcard ; UNDB ; postmarked Aug. 26, 1907.	"Little Falls, N.Y., Erie Canal" (1678 -- Paul C. Koeber Co., New York) -- Postcard ; UNDB (but divided by user) ; published 1907, but postmarked Jul. 24, 1912.	"View of Mohawk Valley, East of Little Falls, N.Y." (No. 3513, The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me.) -- Postcard ; transitional UNDB, postmarked Oct. 24, 1907.


Left: "Barge Canal, Contract No. 31: View just west of lock No. 17, at Little Falls, before beginning of construction -- from: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1913) -- facing p. 102. Compare this view with that of the 1839 engraving by W. H. Bartlett to the right.		"Little Falls, N.Y., Erie Canal" (1678 -- Paul C. Koeber Co., New York) -- Postcard ; postmarked July 24, 1912. Compare this view with the photo and engraving to the left.


"Barge Canal Contract no. 107" [Little Falls] -- from: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1914 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1915) -- facing p. 124. Although unidentified, this is probably Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 38.	"Barge Canal, Contract No. 107: Lift-bridge at Little Falls"-- facing p. 90.	"Barge Canal, Contract No. 18-A: Completed canal just west of the Little Falls lock" -- facing p. 92
	Both the above from: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916 (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., 1917).


"Scene on Erie Canal, Little Falls, N.Y." (E11075, SL & Co., Germany) -- Postcard ; not postmarked, approximately 1916.	"Barge Canal and Industries of Little Falls, N.Y." (136751, Tichnor Quality Views) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1918.	"Goat Island in Erie Canal, west of Lock 17, Little Falls, N.Y." 49 4A602 -- C.W. Hughes & Co., Mechanicville, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; about 1950? Note that the island is also visible in the image above.


"Mohawk Valley Road along Barge Canal, Little Falls, N.Y." (136753 -- Tichnor Quality Views) -- Postcard ; not postmarked ; approximately 1920?