Black River Canal
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The Black River Canal was a canal built in northern New York in the USA to connect the Erie Canal to the Black River.
The canal was about twenty-five miles long and rose almost 700 feet. This short canal required 70 locks to raise or lower the barges in this relatively short distance. The northern end of the Black River Canal was near Boonville in Oneida County and roughly follows State Route 46 south to Rome, NY where it meets the Erie Canal. Black River Boulevard in Rome is built on top of the old canal.
By 1925, the canal was declared an abandoned waterway.
