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LOCK 42

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Transportation
Location
73 N State St, Nunda, NY 14517
Lat/Long
42.5842668, -77.941092
Grant Recipient
Nunda Historical Society
Historic Marker

LOCK 42

Inscription

LOCK 42
IN USE FROM 1851-1878 ON
THE GENESEE VALLEY CANAL.
CANAL LINKED ERIE CANAL IN
ROCHESTER WITH ALLEGHENY
RIVER NEAR OLEAN NY.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2014

Lock 42, on the northern edge of the Village of Nunda, is one of the last visible remnants of the Genesee Valley Canal. The composite lock was opened in June 1851 when the canal opened between the Shaker Settlement, now Groveland, and Oramel in Allegany County. The canal boats passing through the lock were able to carry their loads of lumber, bluestone, agricultural produce, and passengers from the Erie Canal in Rochester to the Allegheny River near Olean.