Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Erie Canal National Historic Landmark
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = 9 remaining arches of Schoharie Crossing Aqueduct
nearest_city= Fort Hunter, New York
area =
built =1820
architect=
architecture=
lat_degrees = 42| lat_minutes = 56| lat_seconds = 23.63| lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74| long_minutes = 17| long_seconds = 17.13| long_direction = W
designated = October 9, 1960 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=383&ResourceType=District
title="Erie Canal" (National Historic Landmark)|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966 cite 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]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000530

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, also known as Erie Canal National Historic Landmark, is a historic district that includes the ruins of the Erie Canal aqueduct over Schoharie Creek, and a 3.5 mile long part of the Erie Canal, in the towns of Glen and Florida within Montgomery County, New York. It is the only part of the old canal that has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

The aqueduct was built in 1841-1845 as part of the first enlargement of the canal, and was carrying traffic by 1845. It crosses Schoharie Creek about .4 miles southeast of its joining the Mohawk River, in Fort Hunter, New York. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhdatapage&fileName=ny/ny0300/ny0309/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?hh:17:./temp/~pp_4iqn:: Historic American Engineering Record NY-6]

It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1960.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=383&ResourceType=District
title="Erie Canal" (National Historic Landmark)|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] ,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000530.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Erie Canal National Historic Landmark] |1.53 MB|author=Charles H. Ashton and Richard W. Hunter|date=November 1, 1983|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000530.pdf Accompanying Photos, from 1983 and other dates.] |14.5 MB]

References

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=26 Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, at NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0300/ny0309/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Erie%20Canal,%20Schoharie%20Creek%20Aqueduct,%20Spanning%20Schoharie%20Creek,%20Fort%20Hunter,%20Montgomery%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:17:./temp/~pp_4iqn:: Schoharie Aqueduct (30 photos)] and [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhsheet&action=browse&fileName=ny/ny0300/ny0309/sheet/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:17:./temp/~pp_4iqn::&title2=Erie%20Canal,%20Schoharie%20Creek%20Aqueduct,%20Spanning%20Schoharie%20Creek,%20Fort%20Hunter,%20Montgomery%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&maxCols=2 3 drawings] at Historic American Buildings Survey
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0300/ny0310/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Erie%20Canal,%20Yankee%20Hill%20Lock%20Number%2028,%20Schoharie%20Creek%20Aqueduct%20Vicinity,%20Fort%20Hunter,%20Montgomery%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:18:./temp/~pp_4iqn:: Yankee Hill Lock Number 28, Schoharie Creek Aqueduct Vicinity (4 photos)] , at HABS.
* [http://www.eriecanal.org/Schoharie.html Erie Canal: Schoharie Crossing State Historic Park, with photos]
* [http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=NYSPSC&CU_ID=1 More park information from Wildernet]