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Dry Dock
| Historic Site #: | 05-051 (Exists) Type: I1 | Town: | Lyons | ||
| Site Name: | Dry Dock | GPS Coordinates: | 43.062474, -77.018583 | ||
| Address: | 22 Dry Dock Rd. Lyons NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| The Dry Dock is located between Lyons and Newark next to Lock 28A | |||||
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| From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. This is the now-retired Dipper Dredge No. 3, which has taken up permanent residence here. She was built in 1929 and her steam engine was built in 1909. DD-3 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. She's not used anymore, but is a fascinating memory of the days of steam power, before diesels took over. She is one of only two left of her kind. |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Alongside Erie Canal Lock E28B at Lyons is a Canal Corp Drydock, one of two on the canal system. It is an excavated pit about triple the size of the lock, and is used for maintenance on Canal Corp boats as well as winter storage. The drydock has a set of canal gates, same as the locks have. On the other end is a drain valve. The gates are opened, a boat is floated in, then the gates are closed and the drain is opened, leaving the boats high and dry with their hulls accessible for repair or maintenance. | |||||
Travels of Tug 44 web site.
Travel of Tug 44 web site Lyons Dry Dock Page