Black Rock Lock (Buffalo, New York)
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Constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers from 1908-1913, the present Black Rock Lock is 625ft long, 70ft wide and has a depth of 21.6ft over the sills. Built to facilitate passage to and from the Erie Canal from the Niagara River, the lock has a total rise/drop of 5 feet and completes it's chamber filling/emptying in approximately 11 minutes.
The lock is the first/final lock in the modern Erie Canal/New York State Barge Canal system.
www.lrb.usace.army.mil/WhoWeAre/BRL/BRL.html
The lock is the first/final lock in the modern Erie Canal/New York State Barge Canal system.
www.lrb.usace.army.mil/WhoWeAre/BRL/BRL.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Lock
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Coordinates: 42°56'2"N 78°54'20"W
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- Old Erie Canal (Lock 41) 322 km
- Eisenhower Lock St Lawrence Seaway 396 km
- Grenville Canal 455 km
- Carillon Dam 465 km
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- St. Peters Canal 1465 km
- North District 1.1 km
- Black Rock 1.3 km
- Bridgeburg 1.5 km
- West Side 2.8 km
- Downtown Fort Erie 2.8 km
- Niagara District 3 km
- Delaware District 4 km
- North Buffalo 4.1 km
- Ellicott District 5.3 km
- Fillmore District 7 km