Portals to Our Past stop 8: Main Street Lift Bridge and the Erie Canal
History stop at the northwest corner of the Main Street lift bridge over 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.
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Part of the 13-stop self-guided Portals to Our Past sign tour.
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A canal afternoon from Main Street
An afternoon on the Erie Canal from the Main Street lift bridge: a canal park, the towpath or a kayak, trains at Fairport Junction, a meal and a historic street. The canal closes to boats October 14.
