How many locks are there in the erie canal

There are a total of 57 locks and 17 lift bridges on the Canal System including the lateral canals. All Canal System lock dimensions are feet long and 45 feet wide. The area available for vessels within a lock is feet long, The standard published depths can be found in the About the Canal System section. Any shallower departures from these depths are listed by waterway in the regularly updated NavInfo tables.

Any sudden change in depth would also be announced in a Notice to Mariners. The governing overhead clearances for the various canal sections can be found in the About the Canal System section. Alternatively, they are listed at the top of the NavInfo table for each waterway. Or a barge travel over rapids? Canals are built to dodge these boating hazards using a series of locks and levels. Locks are elevators for boats, lifting and lowering them as they travel along the waterway.

Levels are long stretches of flat water between the locks. Seven of the 57 locks on the Erie Canal are in Montgomery County, each with a park and picnic area.

Use your own boat or rent a fully equipped canal boat, and chart your own course. These five locks raise you a total of just over feet over a distance of a little more than 1. Communications with the locks is done on VHF Channel 13 While we have listed the phone numbers for each lock, the cell phone should not be considered a primary means of communications with the lockmasters and only used when all other methods have failed to get a response.

Between and , the State again enlarged the canal by the construction of what was termed the "Barge Canal", these locks of today are feet long and 45 feet wide, with a depth of 12 feet of water over the mitre-sills, and can accommodate vessels feet long and See the Canal Profile for the height and location of the current locks.

For more information about locks, including plans and details of the mechanisms, see the Making It Work: The Lock page in the th Anniversary Exhibit section of this web site, and to the Locks and Keys page of the 40x44x28 site. Plan of Lock 41, Fort Herkimer, as lengthened in Note that the eastern foot end of the south berme lock chamber is noted as "New lock". Plan of Lock 56, Lyons also called the Poorhouse lock. Note that in this case, it is the north chamber that has been extended.

Below left: Sketch showing relative capacities of Barge Canal and present canal lock Right: Plan and sections of Barge canal lock