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Re:A History of The Rochester, NY Camera and Lens Companies ... by Steltek on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:30PM (#27587293)
Ah, sorry, not a native. I know it was rerouted slowly over time but I guess my mental map had the canal much farther to the south than it is (aka, eating ice cream on the tow path in Pittsford).
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Re:A History of The Rochester, NY Camera and Lens Companies ... by catblast01 on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:06PM (#27587504)
Yep the waterway through Pittsford was actually also the original canal but it routed north into the city.

The Erie Canal was replaced by the New York Barge canal system which avoided the cities other than NYC and was ironically much larger than the Erie Canal though eclipsed by the railroads in fame by that point. Numerous sections in Western NY such as through Pittsford reused the Erie.

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