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Erie Canal Village is an outdoor living history museum. It is
a reconstructed 19th century settlement on the site where, on
July 4, 1817, the first shovelful of earth was turned for the
construction of the original Erie Canal. A mule drawn Packet
Boat plies a section of the enlarged canal giving visitors a
taste of early 19th century water travel.
The village is home to three museums: The Erie Canal Museum,
which unfolds the story of the Erie Canal from the first proposals
for an improved route to the West through the emergence of the
Barge Canal System in 1918; The Harden museum exhibits a collection
of horse drawn vehicles that range from utilitarian farm equipment
to an elegant Laundaulet. In order to present a clearer view
of 19th century travel, vehicles are placed on samples of three
types of roads: dirt, plank and cobblestone; and The New York
State Museum of Cheese building, which once housed the Merry
and Weeks cheese factory in nearby Verona, NY. This building
explores the history of cheese making and its relationship to
the importance of the Erie Canal in New York State during the
19th century . |
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