LOCKS BUILT ON BLACK RIVER CANAL WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE, N.Y.
Description
This color postcard depicts a lock built on the Black River Canal. On either side of the lock are grasses, trees, and other plant life. The phrase (NEAR LOWVILLE, N.Y.) is printed in the lower left-hand side border under the image. Printing information: card number (3467).
Postal data: posted, postmarked (TICONDEROGA, N.Y., AUG 2, 6 PM, 1946), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [solid line] (Message Only, ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written Message: [written sideways] (We have visited Alexandria Bay, the thousand island, and been through the mountains by [indiscernible] Seneca and Placid lakes. All resorts are crowded. The ride has been beautiful. Today we visited Fort [indiscernible] - I know you'd enjoy that. Laura and Roy); Addressee: (Mr. & Mrs Sick Cody Old Mystic; Conn.); Caption on original reads: "Construction on the Black River Canal was started in 1834 and finished in 1851, connecting the Erie Canal at Rome with Carthage. It followed the Mohawk and Black River systems. Through a series of 109 locks over the course of 39 miles, it ascended the divide which separated the two systems to an elevation of 693 feet" [top left of card].