Genesee Valley Canal

Over the years many articles, monographs and voluminous guidebooks trace the history of the Genesee Valley Canal, which, after a long period of struggle, was finally completed to the Allegheny River in 1862-only to last until 1878. A more in-depth article entitled "Remembering the Genesee Valley Canal" is on our website and tells the trials and tribulations of the short-lived canal.

Here are a few pictures which are all we presently have of some of the remains after the railroad took over the right-of-way and then it, too, disappeared from the scene. The first 4 were taken by and shared by Gertrude Hall, Caneadea Town Historian in 2005.

1-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal #1 "Here's the canal pics I told you about: abutment is on the towpath and left from RR"...Gert Hall
1-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal
#1 "Here's the canal pics I told you about: abutment is on the towpath and left from RR"...Gert Hall
2-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal #2 Large blocks must be Canal as they are the same as the locks are made from....Gert Hall
2-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal
#2 Large blocks must be Canal as they are the same as the locks are made from....Gert Hall
3-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal #3 that were washed out.
3-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal
#3 that were washed out.
4-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal #4 of pilings that held it up....Gert Hall
4-from Gert Hall Caneadea Lock Genesee Valley Canal
#4 of pilings that held it up....Gert Hall
ACHS_Progr_9-17-13 Although this program was presented in Fall of 2013, the presenters did a great job of showing a photographic history of the canal. They are available to...
ACHS Progr 9-17-13
Although this program was presented in Fall of 2013, the presenters did a great job of showing a photographic history of the canal. They are available to…
Loading_Stone Loading stone on the Genesee Valley Canal. Photo contributed by Richard Palmer.
Loading Stone
Loading stone on the Genesee Valley Canal. Photo contributed by Richard Palmer.