Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The Big State Dam at Hinckley, N.Y. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Other number |
P001976 |
Description |
Modern (ca 1991) gelatin silver print from original glass plate negative. Handwritten in lower marginof image on the negative: "PHOTO BY BEACH THE BIG STATE DAM AT HINCKLEY, N.Y." Completed Barge Canal Dam, Hinckley, N.Y. |
Date |
1910ca |
Photographer |
Beach, Henry M. |
Collection |
Photo Collection |
Search Terms |
Hinckley Hinckley Resevoir Erie Canal dams |
Subjects |
Hinckley |
Catalog Number |
1991.040.0187 |
Notes |
Part of the Erie Canal system, the Hinckley Resevoir was formed by damming the West Canada and Black Creeks. The entire town was relocated and flooded. The first waters flowed over the spillway on August 15, 1915. |