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Erie Canal Seneca River Aqueduct

Cayuga County, New York, and Seneca County, New York

Photos 

Published prior to 1923

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BH Photo #370497

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Stone arch bridge over Seneca River on Erie Canal
Location
Cayuga County, New York, and Seneca County, New York
Status
Removed
History
Built 1849 ; Majority removed 1917
Builder
- Van R. Richmond (Design)
Design
Stone arch
Also called
Erie Canal Richmond Aqueduct
Erie Canal Montezumo Acqueduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.00973, -76.71972   (decimal degrees)
43°00'35" N, 76°43'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/359849/4763329 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Montezuma
Inventory number
BH 71477 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Aqueduct (76)
Arch (12,102)
Built 1849 (26)
Built during 1840s (192)
Cayuga County, New York (44)
Deck arch (11,341)
Erie Canal (137)
 Lost (24,744)
New York (4,402)
Owned privately (1,723)
Seneca County, New York (21)
Seneca River (18)
Stone arch (3,051)
Van R. Richmond (1)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 21, 2016: New photo from Dave King
  • March 24, 2016: Added by Luke

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Erie Canal Seneca River Aqueduct
Posted January 1, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

To the person who took the pictures of the aqueduct ruins while standing on the ice on the river reminds you of me.I would've done the same thing.Takes guts to do that.