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Locks Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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A Description of the Canals
and Rail Roads of the United States – 1840
A brief description is on page 59.
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A Gazetteer of the State of
New York – 1842
A description of the canal and progress of its
construction begins on page 179.
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A History of Livingston
County, New York – 1876
Reference to the canal is on page 359.
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A Short History of Nunda
A brief history of the community,
including reference to the canal and its impact on the
development of the region.
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Allegany County and its
People: A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany
County, New York – 1896
References to the canal are on pages 97-99, 102, 123,
130, 160, 212, 665, 683, 745 and 813.
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American
Railroad Journal and Mechanics’ Magazine - 1838
A notice of letting of one of the
contracts for the canal construction is on page
15. An article about additional
construction plans for the canal begins on page 206.
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American
Railroad Journal and Mechanics’ Magazine - 1839
A Canal Board report,
discussing potential options to reduce the
construction costs, begins on page 253.
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An Historical Review of
Waterways and Canal Construction in New York State,
Volume 12 – 1908
A brief history of the canal begins on page 163.
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Annual Report By New
York (State) Canal Commissioners – 1874
A description of water sources for the canal is on page
135. A report on recent repairs to the canal
begins on page 150. A summary of repair expenses
is on page 162. A summary of repairs and
improvements between 1868 and 1873 begins on page
170. A report of extraordinary repairs begins on
page 180. A table of distances along the canal is
on page 247.
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Annual Report of the Auditor
of the Canal Department, Relative to the
Expenditures on the Canals – 1874
A list of vouchers rendered for payments to one of the
Canal Commisioners begins on page 60.
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Annual Report of the Canal
Commissioners – 1860
A report on an extension of the canal begins on page
104.
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Black Creek Corners
A brief history of the community,
including reference to the canal
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Canal Discovery: The Genesee
Valley Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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Canal Street Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Monroe
County. Current photos and links to related sites.
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Chronological Resume of
Important Laws and Events: Genesee Valley Canal
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Conspiracy of Interests:
Iroquois Dispossession and the Rise of New York
State
A brief history of the canal and its impact on the
Seneca Nation begins on page 162.
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Cuba Lake Started As A Water Source For
The Regional Canal System In The 1800s
A brief history of the feeder
reservoir.
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“Death
of a Canal”
A
brief history of the canal. Historical and
current photos.
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Deep Cut Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical maps and current photos.
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Documents
of the Assembly of the State of New York - 1876
A detailed report on the canal,
including a brief history of its construction (page
21) , breakdown of the construction costs (page 22),
descriptions of all the structures and feeder canals
along the canal (page 23), a listing of all of its
feeders (page 34), the current conditions of the major
structures (page 36) and a listing of the
quantities of cargo transported on the canal in 1874
(page 40).
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Feeder Gates Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Monroe
County. Current photos and links to related sites.
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Genesee River
A map of the canal is on page 71.
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Genesee Valley Canal
A brief history and description of
the canal. Links to related sites.
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Genesee Valley Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Genesee Valley Canal
A brief history of the canal. Links to
related sites.
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Genesee Valley Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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Genesee Valley Canal – 150th
An article begins on page 12 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Genesee Valley Canal Aqueduct
A brief description of the former
aqueduct.
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Genesee Valley Canal
Chronology
An article begins on page 10 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Genesee Valley Canal
Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Wyoming County.
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Genesee Valley Canal
Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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Genesee Valley Canal Images
A set of maps and historical and
current photos.
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Genesee Valley Canal in
Portville ~ 1861 – 1878
A brief history of the canal and its impact on the
community. Links to related sites.
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Genesee Valley Canal Locks
A brief history of the canal.
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Genesee Valley Canal Tunnel
A brief history and description of the unfinished
tunnel.
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Hazard's United States
Commercial and Statistical Register – 1840
A letter describing the survey of a proposed extension
of the canal to the Pennsylvania border is on page 198.
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Historical Context: Ely Parker
and the Genesee Valley Canal
The role of a native American and
engineering of the canal.
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History of Cattaraugus
County, New York – 1879
References to the canal are on pages 52 and 55.
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History of Livingston County,
New York – 1881
Reference to the canal is on page 105.
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History of Livingston County,
New York – 1905
Reference to the canal is on page 322.
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History of Monroe County, New
York – 1877
References to the canal are on pages 43 and 117.
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History
of the Canal System of the State of New York -
1906
An extensive history begins on page 708. A
Chronological Resume of Important Laws and Events begins
on page 1010.
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History of the Canal System
of the State of New York, Vol. 1
An
extensive history of the canal.
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History
of the Genesee Valley Canal
A
brief history of the canal.
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How an Abandoned Canal
Shaped These Upstate NY Towns
Includes
historical and current photos and links to related
sites.
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Landmarks of Monroe County,
New York, Part 1 – 1895
Reference to the canal is on page 85.
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Laws of the State of New
York, Volume 1 – 1847
Various Acts relating to the canal are on pages 290,
319, 571, 573 and 726.
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Laws of the State of
New-York, passed at the sixty-second session of the
Legislature, begun and held at the city of Albany,
the first day of January, 1839
An Act relating to the canal begins on page 282.
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Letchworth Park History Photo Index
Links to historical photos of the
canal, and related sites.
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Letchworth State Park
A historical photo and map of the canal are on page 25.
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Lock 42 Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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Lunchtime
Lecture: Genesee Valley Canal video
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Manual for the Use of the
Legislature of the State of New York for the Year
1841
Tolls for the canal are on page 128; distances along the
canal on page 140.
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Monroe County Library System
Includes
links to documents related to the canal.
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Mount Morris Village
A brief history of the community,
including reference to the canal and its impact on the
development of the community.
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National Hotel
A photograph and brief history of
the only surviving canal-era commercial building from
Cuylerville’s boom period as an important local port
on the canal.
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New York Public Library
Digital Collection
Includes some historical photos.
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New York State Historical
Newspapers
A set of articles making reference to the canal.
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Nunda, Portage, and Genesee
Falls
Historical photos are on page 18 and 88; a map of
Oakland on page 60.
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Old Genesee Valley Canal
Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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Olean and the Genesee Valley
Canal
A
collection of photos, documents and map relating to
the canal in Olean.
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Ox Cart to Automobile: Social
Change in Western New York
The role of the canal in the development of Allegany
County is described on page 70, and continues on page
86.
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Proceedings of the Canal
Board – 1881
A listing of assets disposed of upon the closing of the
canal begins on page 227.
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Public Documents Printed by
Order of the Senate of the United States – 1838
A description of the potential benefits of the canal
begins on page 303.
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Railway Locomotives and Cars
– 1838
A status of the canal's construction is on page 15.
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Remembering the Genesee Valley Canal
A six-part history of the canal,
including personal recollections.
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part I
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part II
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part III
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part IV
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part V
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Remembering the Genesee
Valley Canal Part VI
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Rochester and its Early Canal Days
Link to a 1914 book.
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Rochester on the Genesee: The
Growth of a City
A brief history of the canal begins on page 44.
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Rochester Public Library
Includes links to several hiatorical documents.
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Rochester's Marvels &
Myths
A report of an 1838 canal worker's protest begins on
page 96.
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Rochester's Remarkable Past
A history of the canal is in Chapter 14.
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Settlement in the West:
Sketches of Rochester – 1838
A description of the potential coal resources available
after the canal's completion is on page 332.
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State & Union: Genesee
Valley Canal reflections continued
A brief history of the canal.
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Statistics By New York
(State). Constitutional Convention – 1867
Operating statistics for the years 1847-1866 are on
pages 135 and 154.
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Statutes of the State of New
York – 1852
A variety of Acts relating to the canal are on pages
126-128.
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The Crooked Lake Review: Regional
History
An index of historical articles
about the region, including several about the canals.
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The Genessee
An excerpt of a history of the canal begins on page 256.
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The Genesee Valley Canal
A history of the canal.
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The Genesee Valley Canal
A brief history of the canal, including maps.
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The Genesee Valley Canal Aqueducts And
Culverts Washed Away
An 1861 New York Times article about
flood damage to the canal.
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The Genesee Valley Canal
Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Livingston County.
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The Genesee Valley Canal
served as an important link between the Allegheny
River and Erie Canal in Rochester, N.Y. video
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The historic annals of
southwestern New York – 1940
References to the canal are on pages 610, 671 and 957.
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The New York Annual Register
– 1837
Plans for the contemplated canal begin on page 209.
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The Revised Statutes of the
State of New York – 1889
An Act to raise the head of the feeders to the canal is
on page 695. An Act to dispose of the canal is on
page 697. An Act to remove water from the canal is
on page 709.
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The Sale of The Genesee Valley Canal
Link to the .pdf file of an 1880 New
York Times article regarding plans to sell portions of
the canal.
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Wheatland
A map of the canal in Scottsville is on page 70.
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Wheatland,
Monroe County, New York: A Brief Sketch of its
History - 1908
A brief history of the Genesee
Valley and Scottsville Canals in the Scottsville area
begins on page 39.
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