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Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at Montezuma and Tyre in
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and
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Counties,
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. The district includes more than a mile of the Enlarged Erie Canal prism (built here between 1849 and 1857); towpath and heelpath; a drydock; the remains of the Richmond (Montezuma) Aqueduct crossing the Seneca River; remnants of the original Erie Canal, built between 1817 and 1825 and including Lock #62 and piers of the original mule bridge from that era; and a culvert that carries a stream beneath the Enlarged Erie Canal. ''See also:'' It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2005.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Cayuga County, New York Erie Canal parks, trails, and historic sites National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, New York Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Seneca County, New York Historic districts in Seneca County, New York {{CayugaCountyNY-NRHP-stub