US Airways Magazine - City of Syracuse
US Airways Magazine - City of Syracuse
US Airways Magazine - City of Syracuse
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PROFILE<br />
<strong>Syracuse</strong><br />
Last look<br />
Vintage images depict the<br />
<strong>Syracuse</strong> Weighlock Building,<br />
built in 1850 and now home<br />
to the Erie Canal Museum.<br />
The Erie Canal<br />
Museum today<br />
usairwaysmag.com SEPtember 2007<br />
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Hub <strong>of</strong> Early<br />
Superhighway<br />
p h o t o s C o u r t e s y o f E r i e C a n a l M u s e u m<br />
<strong>Syracuse</strong>’s proximity to the Erie Canal helped the city prosper,<br />
positioning <strong>Syracuse</strong> as a transportation hub and luring<br />
warehouses and businesses to open along the canal.<br />
The <strong>Syracuse</strong> Weighlock Building was used to weigh cargocarrying<br />
boats and collect tolls from canal travelers. The Greek<br />
Revival building dates back to 1850 and is the last remaining<br />
weighlock in the <strong>US</strong>.<br />
The last boat traveled down the canal in 1922; dirt and blacktop<br />
soon filled the former waterway. The Erie Canal Museum<br />
(eriecanalmuseum.org) opened in the former weighlock building<br />
in 1962 to <strong>of</strong>fer visitors a glimpse <strong>of</strong> life on the canal. Exhibits<br />
include a full-size replica <strong>of</strong> a canal boat, a postcard arcade<br />
depicting scenes <strong>of</strong> life in 19th- and 20th-century <strong>Syracuse</strong>, and<br />
a replica <strong>of</strong> a canal-side tavern where travelers stopped for<br />
drinks and food. — Martha-Page Ransdell
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