Erie Canal Museum

Infobox_nrhp | name =Weighlock Building
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caption = Erie Canal Museum in former weigh lock building, Syracuse, New York
location= SE corner of Erie Blvd. E. and Montgomery St., Syracuse, New York
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 3
lat_seconds = 2.1
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 9
long_seconds = 3.5
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
built =1849
architect= Multiple
architecture= No Style Listed
added = February 18, 1971
governing_body = Local
refnum=71000552cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Erie Canal Museum, in Syracuse, New York is a museum about the Erie Canal across New York. It is located in the Weighlock Building, itself listed on the National Register of Historic Places of the United States.

The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, nonprofit corporation. It is housed in a weigh lock building dating from 1850, where canal boats used to be weighed when travelling through Syracuse on the canal. The museum includes a gallery of present canal life.

The Weighlock Building was listed on the National Register in 1971.

References

External links

* [http://www.eriecanalmuseum.org/ Erie Canal Museum official website]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0616 Weighlock Building, Erie Boulevard East & Montgomery Street, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York: 19 photos and 2 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey