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| aqueduct | A water-carrying bridge built to help the canal cross over a river or a low valley. |
| canal | An artificial or manmade waterway. A big ditch filled with water. |
| cradle | Part of a scale in a weighlock used to weigh canal boats. |
| Erie | The 363-mile canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. |
| mule | Canal boats had no engines or sails. They were pulled by a pair of sturdy mules or horses on a towpath alongside the canal. |
| bow | The front part of a boat |
| hatch | A small door on the gate of a lock which opens to empty the water inside. |
| bridge | A structure carrying a roadway over the canal. Since they were built low to save money, a crew member sat up front in the boat and yelled to passengers-"low bridge everybody down" or they would be knocked off the boat. |
| locktender | The person who opens/closes the lock/s. (Also referred to as Lockmaster.) |
| barge | A flat-bottomed vessel used on canals or rivers to transport cargo. |
| hoggee | A young boy in his early teens (or sometimes a man) who drove the animals used to tow the canal boats. |
| flotilla | A fleet of small boats. |
| lock | raises or lowers boats by changing the level of the water. |
| Clinton | Governor of New York State when the Erie Canal opened in 1825 |
| weighlock | Boats were weighed here and a toll was charged according to their weight. |
| towpath | Path on which hoggee led horses or mules. |
| packet boat | Name of boat which carried passengers on the original Erie Canal. |
| barge | Large vessel which carries goods and products on the present day canal. |
| four | Number of feet deep the original canal was. |
| line boat | Boat which transported goods to market on the original canal. |
