Louis Rossi, author of Cycling Along The Canals of New York State, recently revisited the Camillus Erie Canal Park. Established in 1972, the Park is part of the Town of Camillus Park system as well as the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. Rossi was impressed with the restoration of the aqueduct, calling it “the most impressive aqueduct on the entire Erie Canal.”
The 1844 Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct has just been restored. An aqueduct is a water-filled bridge that carries canal boats over rivers, streams or valleys. It provided a way for the first enlargement of the Erie Canal to be carried over Nine Mile Creek. This 144 foot waterway is listed as the smallest of the larger aqueducts. Four stone arches made of fine Onondaga limestone quarried form Split Rock supported the towpath. Now that restoration is complete, it is the only restored navigable aqueduct in New York State. Of the 32 original aqueducts on the First Enlargement, only about seven remain intact.
We have posted more photos by Louis Rossi of the aqueduct here.
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