This is a field of purple flowers. It is not the field I wanted to take a picture of, but it is close enough.
A canal boat. The museum had a replica of one of the four or five different types of boats that cruised up and down the Erie Canal. This particular boat carried passengers. All passengers were allowed to travel for free as the main purpose of the canal boats was to transport cargo. In the picture on the left, you can see three bunks where people slept.
This is a picture of the kitchen, which was left to the women to prepare food, clean, and do laundry.
A picture of the length of the boat
This is my foot next to a size 20 shoe. The Brannock Device, which measures your feet, was created and patented in Syracuse.
A replica of one of the locks on the Erie Canal
An example of how the tolls were calculated. The museum was in the Weighmaster's Building. A boat would come into the lock. The lock would be drained of water. At the bottom of the canal were cradles that held the boat and weighed it. When weighing was done, the canal was filled with water again and the boat continued on its journey.
The Weighmaster's office.
A drawing of what the Weighmaster's Building looked like when in operation.
A picture of a boat crossing a river. The Erie Canal crossed many rivers and streams. To overcome the obstacle, bridges were built over the rivers so the boats could cross.
The building as it stands now. There is no more water, so I don't know where the canal was in relation to the Weighmaster's Building.
A typical bar during the 1800's
Downtown Syracuse
The State Building
A mural just outside the front entrance to the Weighmaster's Building
The White Building; although I don't know why it is called the White Building because it is red.
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