---
type: Place
title: 'Portals to Our Past stop 8: Main Street Lift Bridge and the Erie Canal'
place_category: landmark
jurisdiction_basis: >-
  Village of Fairport government body/service; jurisdiction is the village by
  definition
checked_on: '2026-10-03'
subcategory: history stop
description: >-
  History stop at the northwest corner of the Main Street lift bridge over the
  Erie Canal.
tags:
  - history
  - walk
  - self-guided
sources:
  - resource: >-
      https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d08414b0d918100019e10c0/11a3c00e-9ff0-47ab-9e13-5ca0aa1656d8/HIS%2Bcard%2Bback.jpg
    title: >-
      Fairport Perinton Partnership (program organizer): Portals to Our Past
      brochure map (image)
  - resource: 'https://www.fairportpartnership.org/portals-to-our-past'
    title: >-
      Fairport Perinton Partnership (program organizer): Portals to Our Past:
      Village Tour
  - resource: 'https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php'
    title: 'Village of Fairport: corroborating history page'
  - resource: >-
      https://perinton.gov/departments/historian/historic-areas-in-fairport-perinton/a-brief-history-of-the-village-of-fairport/
    title: 'Town of Perinton: corroborating history page'
generated:
  by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p3'
  at: '2026-10-04T18:49:45.189Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p3'
place_type: historic-landmark
---
# Portals to Our Past stop 8: Main Street Lift Bridge and the Erie Canal

Stop 8 on the brochure map is at the northwest corner of the Main Street lift bridge over the Erie Canal. Official sources date canal arrival to 1822 and the bridge's assembly to 1914; it was rebuilt 2019-2021.

## Good to know

Part of the 13-stop self-guided Portals to Our Past sign tour.

## History

- Canal development reached Fairport in 1822. ([source](https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php))
- Main Street lift bridge assembled in 1914. ([source](https://perinton.gov/departments/historian/historic-areas-in-fairport-perinton/a-brief-history-of-the-village-of-fairport/))

# Related

- [in area](../areas/village-of-fairport.md)