Historic Erie Canal Trails

. t 0 (! 5 Frog Ponds 4 h Founded in Rochester by Henry A. Ward in 1862, Wards Natural .0 g 3 i Science Establishment supplied science education materials r .0 1 to museums and institutions. These four ponds are remnants . B 0

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o l m Trails i ! C Spring (! 6 The Undercrossing n House .06 .1 The Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway left the townofpittsford.org Commons 1 w m Pittsford station for Rochester and crossed o i Lock 62 / Auburn Trail Loop 4.67 Miles T under the New York Central Railroad line. .1 The northeastern portion of the loop follows the roadbed of the Auburn & (! 1 Lock 62 4 Oak Hill Referred to as an undercrossing, it was m Rochester Railroad, the first railroad east of Rochester. Active from 1840 to i filled in and the former New York Lock 62 was in operation until . Country 3 1960, it was built to connect Auburn and Rochester by way of Seneca Falls, 1 .2 Central line above now serves 1918 when the Old Erie Canal was m 1 . Club 0 Geneva, and Canandaigua. It became part of the New York Central Railroad i m 8 as the Auburn Trail. expanded into the Barge Canal and .01 i m .2 in 1853. From 1903-1930, the Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway Company diverted south of Rochester. Now a i 0 M mi ran a private high-speed electric trolley from Rochester to Geneva parallel to the Canal Park, remnants of this 9 foot lift Wegman's o n New York Central Railroad line. The right-of-way is now owned by RG&E. double chamber lock are still visible. Plaza ro The first chamber was built in 1856, e .02 .1 . The southwestern portion of the loop follows the bed of the 19th century Erie .1 1 .01 16 and the second was completed in 1873. .03 0 m m i Canal from the Spring House on Monroe Avenue to Lock 62, and the towpath . m i . 0 0 i Pittsford 6 6 Place from Lock 62 to the current canal. This section of the canal opened as "Clinton's .1 Ditch" in 1822, was enlarged in the 1850s, and closed in 1919 when the Old Erie (! 2 Odenbach Shipyards (!1 0 m Mall .01 .2 In the late 1930s, hulls for tankers were .0 2 Canal was expanded into the Barge Canal and was diverted south of Rochester. 9 i mi Lock 62 m constructed in the old bed of the Erie Canal i .0 just south of French Road. Too big to be used Pittsford 4 Pittsford Road

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on the canal, they were floated down to New Lock 62 . . Colony m 2 . e Plaza 0 0 9 Please Stay on Path 4 8

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S d i (!4 k a 0 m t .2 .03 Lock 32 o o o R Beach Road r State Canal k st .02 B ar a Park B?65 P E Smead st .2 .0 Ea For trail related maintenance 3 m 5 Road i i m issues, please contact the Parks 4 l .29 m 6 na Department at (585) 248-6495. 0 0.1 0.2 (!3 i ail . Ca Lock 32 Erie Canalway Tr Any other concerns can be Trail directed to the Department of Miles E February 2021 rie Public Works at (585) 248-6250. Sidewalk