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Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
05001397

Year built
  
1817

Area
  
28 ha

Added to NRHP
  
9 December 2005

Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District

Nearest city
  
Montezuma and Tyre, New York

Architect
  
Richmond, Van Rensselaer

Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District is a national historic district located at Montezuma and Tyre in Cayuga County, New York. The district includes more than a mile of the Enlarged Erie Canal prism (built here between 1849 and 1857); towpath and heelpath; a drydock; the remains of the Richmond (Montezuma) Aqueduct crossing the Seneca River; remnants of the original Erie Canal, built between 1817 and 1825 and including Lock #62 and piers of the original mule bridge from that era; and a culvert that carries a stream beneath the Enlarged Erie Canal.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District Wikipedia