Erie Canal Time Machine: Index of Documents and Images Relating to the Erie and Barge Canals

Document Index

Erie Canal Time Machine - 1825

Images used in the Erie Canal Timeline section of Throughout the Ages

Image. Erie Canal. Boats on the Mohawk River.

Erie Canal. Engraving of Boats on the Mohawk River (1810).
This is an engraving of a bateau (boat) and a Durham boat (with sails) navigating the Mohawk River. It shows the Durham boat being forced upstream through one of the dams created by the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company in the late 1780s to raise the water level across the river's many rifts and shoals. New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. 1825 Commemorative Plate.

Erie Canal. Plate to Commemorate the Erie Canal Celebration (1825).
This plate was made to commemorate the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal. The picture on the plate shows canal boats waiting to enter the Erie Canal lock at Albany. Canal Society of New York State

Erie Canal. Wallpaper of Erie Canal (1825).
This picture of the Erie Canal aqueduct at Rochester over the Genesee River. It is printed on wallpaper, an indication that people wanted a souvenir (a reminder) of the Canal's accomplishments in their homes. (1825) New York State Museum

Image. Erie Canal. Rope Makers Arms Engraving.

Erie Canal. Engraving of Erie Canal Celebration Rope Makers Arms (1825).
Erie Canal Celebration Rope Makers Arms Engraving (1825). Colden Memoir, New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. Engraving, Clinton Fire Co., No. 41 float.

Erie Canal. Engraving of the Erie Canal Celebration Clinton Fire Co. No. 41 Float (1825).
This engraving shows the parade float made by the Clinton Fire Co. No.41 to celebrate the opening of the Erie Canal. (1825) Colden Memoir, New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. Erie Canal Celebration Cannonade Schedule.

Erie Canal. Schedule of Erie Canal Celebration Cannonade (1825).
This is a schedule for the cannonade that marked the opening of the Erie Canal. A cannonade was a chain of cannon shot. Every minute, one after another, a cannon was shot off in town after town, from Buffalo all the way to New York City. (1825) Colden Memoir, New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. Arrangement diagram of boat processional.

Erie Canal. Diagram of Boats for Erie Canal Celebration (1825).
Erie Canal Celebration arrangement diagram of boat processional (1825). New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. Grand Celebration Ball Ticket.

Erie Canal. Ticket to the New York City Grand Celebration Ball (Nov. 7, 1825).
Erie Canal Celebration Ball Ticket (1825) This is a ticket to the New York City Grand Celebration Ball that was held to honor the arrival of the Seneca Chief, the boat on which Governor DeWitt Clinton sailed down the Canal on Nov. 7, 1825. Colden Memoir, New York State Library

Erie Canal. Map of the Erie and Barge Canals (1922).
This is a map of the Erie Canal in 1922. The map shows the original Erie Canal in red and the 1918 Barge Canal expansion in a black and white checkerboard pattern. New York State Archives

Image. Erie Canal. Canal Celebration Broadside.

Erie Canal. Broadside of Erie Canal Celebration (1825).
This broadside (poster) tells the citizens of Geneva, New York about plans for celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal. (1825) New York State Library

Image. Erie Canal. Detail of Canal Celebration Broadside.

Erie Canal. Detail of Erie Canal Celebration Broadside (1825).
A detail of an Erie Canal Celebration Broadside showing a horse pulling a canal boat. The broadside (poster) tells the citizens of Geneva, New York about plans for celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal. (1825) New York State Library