{"nrhp_refnum":"85003401","name":"Glens Falls Feeder Canal","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Roughly between Richardson St. and the Old Champlain Canal","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.30072900300007,"lon":-73.6111703471922,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-mile hydraulic and former transportation canal running north of and parallel to the Hudson River, from a feeder dam in Queensbury through Glens Falls, Kingsbury and Hudson Falls to the Champlain Canal at Fort Edward, in Warren and Washington Counties, New York. Built 1824-1829 and opened to navigation in 1832.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the canal was a transportation and engineering feature that drove the economic development of Glens Falls and the upper Hudson-Southern Adirondack region. It carried lumber, bluestone, marble, lime and paper to Albany and New York City through the nineteenth century. The canal, towpath and all thirteen locks remain substantially intact, showing the route as it was during the region's industrial boom.","narrative":"This seven-mile canal runs just north of the Hudson River, starting at a feeder dam in Queensbury and passing through Glens Falls, Kingsbury and Hudson Falls to meet the Champlain Canal at Fort Edward. Built between 1824 and 1829 to supply water to the Champlain Canal, it was opened to boat traffic in 1832 after thirteen locks were added to handle a 130-foot drop. The wooden locks were later rebuilt in local Kingsbury bluestone and enlarged, and concrete bypass sluices were added in 1912-1915. Mules pulled boats along the south-bank towpath. The canal carried lumber, bluestone, marble, lime and paper to Albany and New York City, helping make Glens Falls a leading lumber-producing center; in 1853 alone 37 million board feet were shipped. Rail eventually replaced it, and the last commercial cargo, newsprint, moved in October 1928. The canal still feeds water to the Champlain Barge Canal, and its locks and towpath largely survive.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Resident engineer James Walker supervised completion; route surveyed by Canvass White; first proposed by James Geddes","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Commercial navigation ended in 1928; the canal still supplies water to the Champlain Barge Canal and is nominally maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.19151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85003401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003401/f7da822b0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003401/f7da822b0d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Planmeister","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChamplainCanal-1845.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Planmeister</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChamplainCanal-1845.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315423","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glens_Falls_Feeder_Canal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569310"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/glens-falls-feeder-canal-85003401/"}