Syracuse happened to be one of the smaller ones because this was a swampy area. One thing that the canal did is it rain drained the swamp and that allowed for a lot of commerce to take place here. We have buildings all the way up and down the south side of the canal that would have storefronts facing the canal and storefronts facing the land. Things would be brought from the land to supply, and it was a very efficient way of carrying on business. Just about everything that could be purchased at the time was purchased in syracuse and was carried here by boat from other parts of the world. One thing that comes to mind is hats. They could buy a hat that was me here, they could i had that was made in england. What was shipped out of here was salt. We had salt springs here. A lot of salt was shipped out of here. This building was constructed in 1850 two way the votes that were carrying cargo on the year he canal. A fee was assessed for the weight of the cargo. Every vote was weighed at the
To the hudson river and went to new york city. Settlements on the frontier. One thing that the canal did was , and made itmp possible to build a larger settlement here. It also allowed for a lot of commerce to take place. We have buildings up and down the south side of the canal that are called double anders. They the storefronts facing the canal and the land. Material would be brought in off the boats and things would be to supplyom the land the bottles. It was a very efficient way of carrying on business. That couldeverything be purchased at the time was purchased in syracuse and carried here by boat from other parts of the world. One thing that comes to mind is hats. They could buy a hat made here or england. What was shipped from here was salt. We had salt springs and a lot of salt was shipped out of here. Building waslock constructed in 1903. A fee was assessed for the weight of the cargo. Every vote was made at the beginning of the Navigation System and each time it carried cargo