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New York State Canal System

The Act of Parliament for the New York State Canal System was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. The one mile section between Sunderland and Polstan was closed in 1955 after a breach at Runcorn. According to Thomas Parker's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Eastleigh Aqueduct is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

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The New York State Canal System is part of the Waterways of North America and is made up of the Champlain Canal, the New York State Canal System (Oswego Canal), the New York State Canal System (Upper Hudson River), the New York State Canal System (Erie Canal) and the New York State Canal System (Cayuga - Seneca Canal).

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The New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal) is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York. Currently, the 525-mile (845 km) system is composed of the Erie Canal, the Oswego Canal, the Cayuga–Seneca Canal, and the Champlain Canal. In 2014 the system was listed as a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in its entirety, and in 2016 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie; the Cayuga–Seneca Canal connects Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake to the Erie Canal; the Oswego Canal connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario; and the Champlain Canal connects the Hudson River to Lake Champlain.

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[Erie Canal] Erie Canal in New York is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal). [New York State Canal Corporation] maintenance of the New York State Canal System, which consists of the Erie Canal, Cayuga–Seneca Canal, Oswego Canal and Champlain Canal. It is also involved [List of canals in New York] following canals have existed in New York, United States. Baldwinsville Canal Black River Canal Cayuga and Seneca Canal Champlain Canal Chemung Canal Chenango [Champlain Canal] It was simultaneously constructed with the Erie Canal and is now part of the New York State Canal System and the Lakes to Locks Passage. An earlier proposal [Utica, New York] 2015. Goodban Belt, LLC (May 2010). "New York State Canal System, Modern Freight-Way" (PDF). New York State Canal Corporation. Retrieved April 24, 2015 [Cayuga–Seneca Canal] Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a canal in New York, United States. It is now part of the New York State Canal System. The Cayuga–Seneca Canal connects the Erie Canal to [New York State Thruway] The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access highways [New York (state)] New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes region of the Northeastern United States. It was one of the original thirteen colonies forming [Canal] the New York State Canal System "Canals and Navigable Rivers" by James S. Aber, Emporia State University National Canal Museum (USA) London Canal Museum

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