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The Erie Canal at Schenectady

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Old Lithographs, Paintings, Woodcuts, Etc.

"Schenectady" (from p. 13 of: The Water Ways of New York, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 48, no. 283, Dec. 1873)

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Postcards of the Erie Canal in Schenectady and Vicinity

"Erie Canal at Schenectady" (9346, Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- UNDB ; postmarked May 29, 1905. (Compare with the two postcards below).	"Erie Canal at Schenectady, N.Y." (12462, Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- UNDB ; postmarked Aug. 20, 1906.
Two versions of "Dock Street, Schenectady, N.Y." (Compare with the postcard above left): Left: (no. 5103, Souvenir Post Card Co., New York) -- UNDB ; not postmarked ; approx. 1906 ; Right: (no. 1907, Souvenir Post Card Co., New York) -- UNDB ; postmarked Nov. 20, 1906.
Two versions of a canal boat in the canal outside Schenectady: Left: "Erie Canal near Schenectady, N.Y." (12448, Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- UNDB ; postmarked Aug. 9, 1906. Right: "Erie Canal at Schenectady, N.Y." (Robson and Adee, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- not postmarked ; approximately 1908.
"Bluffs on Erie Canal near Schenectady, N.Y." (12457, Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- UNDB ; postmarked Sep. 11, 1906.*	"The Aqueduct, Schenectady, N.Y. (No. B13348, Charles Baum, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- Postmarked Oct. 3, 1908.*
*Note the change bridge in the mid-distance on the right of the left postcard, and in the near-distance on the right of the right postcard. A change bridge allowed the canal path to switch from one side of the canal to the other without the tow ropes becoming entangled (see the Aldrich Change Bridge for further information on change bridges).
"The D. & H. Railroad Bridge, crossing the Erie Canal and Mohawk River, Schenectady, N.Y." (No. D 9521, D. C. Houck, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- postmarked Sep. 30, 1910. (Note that the canal parallels the Mohawk River in the valley below.)	"Erie Canal Near Schenectady, N.Y." (U.S. 351, J.H. Galle, Schenectady, N.Y.) -- Postcard ; postmarked Sep. 16, 1909.
"Lock 7, Barge Canal, Niscayuna [i.e., Niskayuna], near Schenectady, N.Y." (no publisher info.) -- postmarked Jul. 28, 1911.	"Erie Canal Boat going into Lock, Rexford Flats, Schenectady, N.Y." (A27665, no publisher info.) -- postmarked Jul. 8, 1913.

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East of Schenectady were two aqueducts which crossed and recrossed the Mohawk River: the Rexford Aqueduct (or Upper Mohawk River Aqueduct) at Rexford, and the Crescent Aqueduct (or Lower Mohawk River Aqueduct) twelve miles downstream at Crescent. Images of these two aqueducts may be seen on the next page.

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