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Canal workers honored at National Historic Landmark event
Syracuse ceremony honored canal operations and maintenance staff as the New York State Canal System earned National Historic Landmark status. Senator Katko and Erie Canalway Commission officials praised the workers whose efforts preserved the Erie Champlain Oswego and Cayuga Seneca canals, with 75 attendees from agencies, organizations and the public. The designation highlights the canals’ ongoing use and historic significance as the Barge Canal approaches its centennial in 2018 and the Erie Canal’s bicentennial period 2017 to 2025.
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Syracuse
John Katko
R-Camillus
Erie Canalway
New York State Canal Corporation
New York State Canal System
Erie Canalway Commission
Pieter Smeenk
Canal Corporation
Brian Stratton
New York
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Stratton
Bob Radliff
Canal
NYS Canal Corporation
Congress
Andrew Cuomo
New York State
National Park Service
Frank Barrows