Chenango Canal, Utica, NY
Posted by: elyob
N 43° 06.124 W 075° 14.434
18T E 480424 N 4772176
Waymarkers can view the sculptured panel from the north side of Court Street, on the east side of the overpass.
Waymark Code: WMYQB6
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2018
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This particular image celebrates the history of the
Chenango Canal which existed from 1837 to 1878. Utica was the northern terminus for that canal, where the Chenango Canal met the Erie Canal. This section of the Arterial Highway was built directly over the original path of the Chenango Canal.
This bas-relief sculptured panel is one of twelve historic panels located on the abutments of the new Arterial bridges over Court Street, Columbia Street and Lafayette Street in downtown Utica. Known as the North-South Arterial project, completed in 2017, this major construction project created new overpasses for New York state routes 5, 8 and 12 through downtown Utica.
The sculpture images were chosen by committee, a committee which included the mayor, and representatives of the state department of transportation, the Oneida County Historical Society, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute and Sculpture Space. The Fort Miller Company manufactured the pieces.