A Check
or A Bridge

Images & Video

View this Erie Canal video Erie Canal DVD
Sometimes bridges like this one were built over the canal to serve a single residence.
When the canal was enlarged for the last time in 1905-1918, individual homeowners who had their own bridges before were given the choice of either having a new bridge constructed over the new wider span, or receiving a check from the State for $1000. This property owner chose the bridge. Watch the video to see one property whose owner made a different choice.
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