Sources behind the history

Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners, New York Assembly No. 72

New York State Assembly; USACE archive reproduction mirrored on Wikimedia Commons

Last checked 2026-10-22

• A failed lock stood between the two lakes · Printed/PDF page 57, Crooked Lake Canal section: lower-lock superstructure failure; intended timber rebuilding by next April; eight-mile/28-lock description. This is a proposed 1841 repair, not completion proof.
• The dredge could not keep the Seneca inlet open · Printed/PDF page 1: State of New York No. 72, In Assembly January 27, 1841; annual report transmitted from Albany January 25, 1841.
• The dredge could not keep the Seneca inlet open · Printed/PDF page 57, Chemung Canal opening paragraph: two interruptions in prior season, including a two-day stoppage caused by gates and their supporting timbers breaking down.