{"nrhp_refnum":"92000458","name":"Chittenango Landing Dry Dock Complex","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Lakeport Rd. at Old Erie Canal","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sullivan","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.060038415000065,"lon":-75.87349864699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A canal boat dry dock complex on the south bank of the Enlarged Erie Canal, west of where the Chittenango Feeder joins it, about one mile north of Chittenango in the Town of Sullivan, Madison County, New York. Begun in 1856-57, it has three dry dock bays, a sluiceway and two limestone retaining walls.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its link to the dry dock business that supported Erie Canal operations and commerce in the nineteenth century. It also has engineering and transportation value through its three-bay design and long sluiceway. Archaeological remains of boatbuilding and support structures add to its research potential.","narrative":"Chittenango Landing Dry Dock Complex occupies a triangle of low land of about 6.6 acres in the Town of Sullivan, Madison County, New York, beside the Enlarged Erie Canal and the Chittenango Feeder. Built in 1856-57, it has three side-by-side bays, each serving a different load: a light dock for empty boats, a middle dock for partly loaded boats and a deeper dock for fully loaded boats. Water flowed in through gates from the canal, and a sluiceway about 1700 feet long carried it off to Chittenango Creek. Limestone retaining walls from 1897-98 line the canal edge. Historic photographs and maps show a busy boatbuilding and repair site with houses, a store, workshops and stables, and fifteen to twenty people worked there full-time in the later nineteenth century. It was listed for its role in canal commerce and transportation and for its engineering. The bays have been excavated, the gates reproduced and other foundations left for future archaeological study.","period_of_significance":"1856-1917","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: canal boat dry dock","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Excavated and partly reconstructed; the dry dock is leased to the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum. The gates were reproduced in 1989-91 and a store/warehouse was reproduced in 1990-91 for use as an interpretive center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.646897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000458.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittenango_Landing_Dry_Dock_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5102447"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/chittenango-landing-dry-dock-complex-92000458/"}