Erie Canal Museum

Syracuse, New York is the home of the Erie Canal Museum. This museum is the location of an original weigh station which determined the costs to travel the canal based on cargo weight in the boat. It is the last of its type.

The Museum also covers the history and development of the Erie Canal and the tremendous economic impact it had on the surrounding area and history of our country.

Just down from the entrance to the Erie Canal Museum is a place to charge electric cars

The area in the immediate foreground is the location of the original canal and the overhang with the now enclosed boat is where the weighing was done

They had a great display as to how the immagrants were tasked to build the Erie Canal and how that was handled

You can explore a typical canal boat

Model of mechanism to weigh the boat

This device was used to pull the stumps after cutting trees to clear for digging the canal 

Offices where the paperwork of managing the canal were well preserved . 

The museum is a wonderful example of showcasing the development of the American transportation system and how the country benefited both economically and socially. Of special interest is how news  traveled quickly up and down the canal carried along by the canal boat operators.