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Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder between locks 10 & 20, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

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Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder between locks 10 & 20, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

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Summary

Significance: The Glens Falls Feeder: Sluice is considered significant for two reasons. The central, stone arch component of this resource represents a unique engineering structure, relative to other lock bypass structures built for canals in New York State, both due to absolute length and construction technology. As a more inclusive group of features, which together demonstrate evolution of the sluice design and technology over time, the Glens Falls Feeder: Sluice is also significant by association with the Glens Falls Feeder, which in contributing significantly to the economic development of Glens Falls and the surrounding upper Hudson region, has been considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N506
Survey number: HAER NY-200

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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Location

hudson falls43.30063, -73.58595
Google Map of 43.3006281, -73.5859487
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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