here workedho work across the street and this was marked for demolition. saw thisooders building and came out and saved it. inn they opened the museum 1962, this was the canal museum. do is to take a look at what we can do best, and still collaborate with these other. we don't have any water near us. we're the only maritime museum i know without water. but we interpret this building, , and this life and syracuse and beyond that we give a very good introduction to the history of the canal. occurrede things that through the transition of the canal to a more recreational operation and to the cleaning up of the water is that communities began turning back to the canal where they had their backs to it before. it was a dirty, smelly, industrial site. in the 1970's come a they began to turn back. you would see restaurants popping up and that all sidewalk cafes and it became far more interesting to look at the canal. "upmber of new museums along the way. it started off carrying boats with passengers. be replacedbegan to by boats carrying a great deal of cargo. as