- Title: P-16-76
- Summary: ERIE CANAL:
- Description:00:35:17 - PAINTING OF GOVERNOR DEWITT CLINTON OF NEW YORK 00:35:30 - PAINTING MONTAGE OF ERIE CANAL BEING BUILT 00:36:17 - OLD ABANDONED EARLY CANAL LOCKS. TREES & DEBRIS IN DITCH. PIECES OF WOOD & WRECKAGE ABOUT. 00:36:50 - FLOWING WATER. 00:37:01 - PAN FROM OLD CANAL LOCKS TO NEW CANAL 00:37:07 - FARMER WOMAN FEEDS GOAT ALONG CANAL. EATS GRASS-HAY FROM HER SKIRT APRON 00:37:18 - LOCK #2. MAN IN BOOTH WORKS CONTROLS 00:37:22 - DOOR OPENS IN BARGE CANAL. 00:37:25 - CU MECHANISMS OF CANAL LOCKS MOVING 00:37:28 - SWIRLING WATERS 00:37:32 - CU LARGE TURNING GEARS. 00:37:39 - FLAT BARGE APPROACHES. SQUEEZES INTO CANAL 00:38:01 - GATES-DOORS CLOSE BEHIND BARGE. 00:38:12 - WATER FLOWS INTO LOCK 00:38:22 - AERIAL OF THE BARGE IN THE LOCK. 00:38:33 - MEN THROW ROPE UP. 00:38:37 - BARGE CONTINUES ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE ERIE CANAL 00:38:45 - AERIAL OF JUNCTION OF HUDSON RIVER & MOHAWK RIVER. 00:39:00 - LOCK# 17 AT LITTLE FALLS. 00:39:08 - AERIAL OF LITTLE FALLS 00:39:17 - LOCKS OF CANAL 00:39:32 - BOATS GO THROUGH LOCKS 00:39:39 - UNWRAPPING ROPE FROM DOCK, THROWN BACK TO BOAT 00:39:49 - MAN AT CONTROLS OF BOAT 00:40:05 - AERIAL OF BANKS OF ERIE RIVER 00:40:12 - CITY OF BROCKPORT, NEW YORK. PAN TO CANAL LOCKS 00:40:33 - LOOKING DOWN ONTO BOAT AS IT COMES OUT FROM UNDER BRIDGE AT STEP-UP IN BROCKPORT 00:40:44 - POV ON BOAT. TRAVELS UNDER BRIDGE OVER-PASS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-16-76