Old Newspaper Clippings Project, Erie Canal

NY Tribune, 1872

LOCKAGES ON THE CANAL--From statements kept by the lock-tenders on the section of the Erie and Champlain canals under the charge of Mr. Hamilton, we have been furnished with a number of lockages during the months of April and May, at albany, West Troy, the Junction, &c. Each crib of timber makes one lockage, and the number of cribs are given separate from the boats, viz.:

Lockages at the Lock connecting the Canal with the Albany Basin:	Boats	Cribs	Total
April (10 Days.)	1082	1	1083
May,	2846	4	2850
Total	3928	5	3933
Lock No. 58, near Albany	-	-	-
April,	1078	0	1078
May,	3269	1	3270
Total	4317	1	418
Lock at West troy-side-cut	-	-	-
April,	648	6	654
May,	1767	137	1904
Total	2415	143	2558
Junction Locks-Double	-	-	-
April, (at both locks)	1425	16	1441
May,	4691	200	4891
Total	6136	216	6332
Lock No. 42-on the Erie Canal above the Junction	-	-	-
April,	1221	18	1239
May,	3287	197	3484
Total	4508	215	4723
Guard lock-at Mohawk dam, on the Champlain Canal	-	-	-
April,	213	0	213
May,	1572	2	1574
Total	1785	2	1787
Lock at Waterford, side-cut	-	-	-
April,	32	2	34
May,	142	298	440
Total	174	300	434
Lock north of Waterford	-	-	-
April,	243	7	250
May,	1478	315	1793
Total	1721	322	2042
Sloop lock on the Hudson between Troy and Waterford	Boats	Cribs	River Vessels
April,	27	21	40
May,	36	150	50
Total	53	171	90

The average number of lockages on the Erie Canal above the Junction for each day from April 15 to May 31, is a fraction over 100 floats per day; and the lockages at this lock are nearly equal to one in every 14 minutes, including nights and Sundays, for 47 successive days. The great number of lockages in 24 hours in a single lock was 152, which is a fraction more than one lockage every 9-1/2 minutes.