so they built a canal from attachedo albany and to the hudson river and went to new york city. settlements on the frontier. one thing that the canal did was , and made itmp possible to build a larger settlement here. it also allowed for a lot of commerce to take place. we have buildings up and down the south side of the canal that are called double anders. they the storefronts facing the canal and the land. material would be brought in off the boats and things would be to supplyom the land the bottles. it was a very efficient way of carrying on business. that couldeverything be purchased at the time was purchased in syracuse and carried here by boat from other parts of the world. one thing that comes to mind is hats. they could buy a hat made here or england. what was shipped from here was salt. we had salt springs and a lot of salt was shipped out of here. building waslock constructed in 1903. a fee was assessed for the weight of the cargo. every vote was made at the beginning of the navigation system and each time it carried cargo through the canal. the way that the wheelock