Erie Canal Discovery Center
Celebrate the opening of “Clinton’s Ditch” in 1825 with a visit to the Erie Canal Discovery Center. From the moment that you gaze at the 20’ x 13’ “Opening of the Erie Canal” mural by artist Raphael Beck, you know that your one-hour tour will provide you with an un-paralleled experience of what it was like to be a 19th century ‘canaller.’
24 Church Street | 716.439.0431
niagarahistory.org/erie-canal-discovery-center
Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride
A historic, fun, one-of-a-kind, 70-minute guided tour through America’s past. Experience Erie Canal Locks 34 & 35, the Flight of Five, geologic cave formations, old mill ruins and a 1,600-foot tunnel from a different perspective. Daily tours.
5 Gooding St. | 716.438.0174
lockportcave.com
Flight of Five Locks
Where else can you go in our nation to see re-watered, 19th Century Erie Canal Locks with massive, wooden manually-operated gates and balance beams located alongside a currently operating canal system? Only in Lockport! Now is the perfect time to marvel at the before, during and after stages of bringing this intact set of five circa 1862 locks, the famed ‘Flight of Five’ Locks, back to working order.
Located in the heart of Downtown Lockport, between the Pine Street Bridge and the Big Bridge, just a few steps from the Erie Canal Discovery Center.
Canal Street | 716.439.0431
Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises
Be elevated to the 49-foot top of the Niagara Escarpment in the only double-set locks on the Erie Canal. Enjoy being “locked through” every day from May to October on one of our many two-hour narrated, handicap-accessible tours.
210 Market Street | 716.433.6155
lockportlocks.com
Lockport Heritage Tours
Take a tour filled with interesting information and incredible sights of Lockport. Year-round evening indoor tours are available and seasonal outdoor Erie Canal/Mill Race and industrial tours are also available.
You won’t believe how much there is to see and learn about the Lock City.
Pine Street | 716.863.6980
lockportheritagetours.com
Sprout 1825 Hands on Play Center
Explore life the year the Erie Canal opened. Sprout 1825 Industrial Heritage Hands on Play Center has 10 historic exhibits of life on the Erie Canal in 1825. Seek and Find historic inventions and their inventories. $2 per Child $4 for Adults, Open 11-1 & 3-5pm Tues – Fri and Sat by appointment.
43 Stevens Street | (716) 201-1489
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Lockport Locks District Tours
This season, the Locks Heritage District is offering the 2019 Reconstruction Tour–Unlocking an Engineering Marvel!
This tour takes you back to the men and the engineering feats that designed and built the Erie Canal that opened in 1825.
And then there is the opportunity to try your hand as a Locktender! Be part of a team that opens and closes the replica 5 ton lock gates.
Tours are available each Saturday from 11 – 1pm through September 28th. This walking tour lasts ~45 minutes and covers 1/2 mile. The final tour departs at 12:30.
No reservations are needed, walk ups are welcome. Please call ahead to arrange for a group of 10 or more.
1 East Ave, Lockport, New York 14094, United States |
(716) 349-7998
http://www.lockportheritagetours.com/
