Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23

Enlarged Double Lock No. 23, Old Erie Canal is a historic Erie Canal lock located at Rotterdam in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1841-1842 as part of the First Enlargement.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Via Port Rotterdam and Isle of the Senecas.

Via Port Rotterdam

Shopping center

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Via Port Rotterdam, formerly Rotterdam Square, is a shopping mall located in Rotterdam, New York, United States. When it opened, the mall was originally called Rotterdam Square and owned by Wilmorite Properties until 2005, when Wilmorite was acquired by The Macerich Company, who then took over ownership and management of most of their properties. Via Port Rotterdam is situated 1 mile south of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23.

Isle of the Senecas

Islet

Isle of the Senecas, also called Little Island, is an island in the Mohawk River south of Scotia in Schenectady County, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scotia and Downtown Schenectady.

Scotia

Village

Scotia is a village in Schenectady County, New York, United States, incorporated in 1904. The population was 7,272 at the 2020 census. Scotia is part of the town of Glenville, and is connected with the city of Schenectady by the Western Gateway Bridge over the Mohawk River.

Downtown Schenectady

Neighborhood

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Downtown Schenectady is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, New York. It originated in the 1820s with the moving of the commercial and industrial interests east from the original 17th and 18th century settlement, spurred on by the development of the Erie Canal. Downtown Schenectady is situated 2½ miles east of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23.

Schenectady

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Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of Albany, Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.

Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Town of Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.82138° or 42° 49′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.98713° or 73° 59′ 14″ west

Open location code

87J8R2C7+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 949554428

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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