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Port Gibson Basin
| Historic Site #: | 09-097 (Exists) Type: I1 | Town: | Palmyra | ||
| Site Name: | Port Gibson Basin | GPS Coordinates: | 43.03861, -77.15301 | ||
| Address: | 4775 Rt. 31 Port Gibson NY west of County Rd. 7, Port Gibson NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| Port Gibson and its basin (port) lie in the Town of Manchester, Ontario County. It is included in the Wayne County Historic Sites web site as a courtesy to those who want to travel along the remnants of the older canals. | |||||
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| The basin looking south (used with permission LA Jorgensen) |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| In 1823, when Wayne County was split off from Seneca and Ontario Counties, Port Gibson was section out of the southern part of the Town of Palmyra into Ontario County so that Ontario County could keep a port on the Erie Canal. | |||||