The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . nd in strengtheningthe dam, twelve hundred feet in length, which the State built across theHudson at this point to furnish a feeder to the Champlain Canal. Thewater at the dam has a fall of about twelve feet, and at the east end is aheavy lock, constructed of hewn stone, through which sloops and other 112 THE HUDSON. vessels arc taken into the river above, and towed by stcaui-tugs, as wehave observed, up to Lansingburgh and AYaterford. Just above the dam,and near AVaterford, there is a communication between the canal and theriver, and many loaded bo
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . nd in strengtheningthe dam, twelve hundred feet in length, which the State built across theHudson at this point to furnish a feeder to the Champlain Canal. Thewater at the dam has a fall of about twelve feet, and at the east end is aheavy lock, constructed of hewn stone, through which sloops and other 112 THE HUDSON. vessels arc taken into the river above, and towed by stcaui-tugs, as wehave observed, up to Lansingburgh and AYaterford. Just above the dam,and near AVaterford, there is a communication between the canal and theriver, and many loaded boats from the former there enter the latter, passthrough the lock, and are towed, some to Troy and Albany, and others toNew York. The dam also furnishes water power to a number of millson the Troy shore below it, into which grain is taken from vessels lyingat the docks, by means of elevators worked by the water form a striking feature in the scene below the dam. From the lock may be obtained an excellent view of the river below,. LOCK AT STATE DASf, TEOT. with the last of the bridges that then spanned the Hudson. Since thena railway-bridge has been thrown across it at Albany, six miles of Troy, and AYatervliet or West Troy opposite, and of theKatzbergs, thirty miles distant, were obtained from the same point ofview. The Troy Bridge was sixteen hundred feet in length, andconnected Green Island with the main, having a draw at the eastern endfor vessels to pass thiough. It was used as a public highway in crossingthe river, and also as a viaduct of the Eensselaer and Saratoga was built of timber, was closely covered, and rested upon heavy stonepiers. It crossed where formerly lay a group of beautiful little islands,when Troy was in its infancy. They have almost disappeared, except the larger one, which is bisected, by the bridge. Among these islandsshad, and sturgeon, fish that abound in every part of the river below, werecaught in large quanti
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