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Thematic Map: African Americans By Election District in Albany County

Lock 11 Bridge Dam

 ... it looks like a DOT highway bridge minus a roadway. The extra chord on downstream side was added in early 1910s when they decided the bridge dams needed further strengthening. Actually, in the case of the Tribes Hill Bridge Dam (Lock 12), it was designed as a Bridge Dam but then the DOT added a roadway to the Bridge Dam 1927. More about the history of bridge dams: americancanalsociety.org/bridge-dams-mohawk-river-barge-canal/

 

Sunday April 27, 2025 — Erie Canal
Map: Shelving Rock Road and Dacy Clearing Road
Map: Klipnocky Woods - Allegany County State Forest - Primative Camping Opporunties

Thruway Interchange

Wetlands created to promote wildlife conservation and make up for lost wetlands when they re-did Exit 5 of the Adirondack Northway.

Saturday January 27, 2024 — Erie Canal
Terrain Map: Stockport Middle Island and Gay’s Point
Thematic Map: NYS DOT Regions