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| Looking East in the Little Falls Lock #17 . At 40' this is the Largest Lift on the Erie Canal. It's also the Only Lock with a Guillotine Style Lower Gate |
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| Looking South at the Canal-side, Georgian-style Home of Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer, Revolutionary War Hero in the Battle of Oriskany where he halted the British Advance Down the Mohawk Valley. Wounded in the Leg at Oriskany He Died 10 Days Later After a Botched Amputation by Benedict Arnold's Surgeon |
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| Looking North from the Herkimer Home. In the 1800's Train Tracks Ran just Beyond and Parallel to the White Picket Fence. Just Beyond the Tracks was the 1817 Erie Canal. Both are Gone Now. The Mohawk River, and Route of the Current Erie Canal is at the Top of the Picture |
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| Thistles where Once Crops Grew |
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| A Rarity on the Erie Canal a Real Working Towboat and Barge |
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| Nellie Scored the Last Spot on Canajoharie's Free Dock |
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| An Advertisement Featuring a Picture of Canajoharie and the Beech-Nut Plant |
In almost every town from Buffalo West we've seen idle manufacturing plants. Canajoharie suffers from the same fate but only worse because it's built around the huge, and now shuttered, Beech-Nut plant. The 118 year old facility, which employed 350, was closed in 2009 when a new, state-of-the-art replacement was built 20 miles away in Florida, NY. The new plant employs 135 people.
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| 19 Miles Little Falls, NY to Canajoharie, NY |
Safely tied to the dock in Canajoharie, NY. DBH
