A panoramic color view of the Erie Canal aqueduct crossing the Genesee River at Rochester, New York, with its stone arches spanning the water and brick commercial blocks and mills lining both banks. The Rochester Aqueduct carried canal boats over the Genesee; the stone structure shown here replaced the original 1820s aqueduct and was itself superseded by the Broad Street Bridge in the 1920s. The Erie Canal, opened in 1825, linked the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and made Rochester one of the busiest flour-milling cities in the country.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
For Charlotte
This view shows a Portion of the Erie Canal,
It is 500 miles long, and the water flows
through it from Lake Erie to the Atlantic
Ocean. Papa L—
White border around a wide panoramic image; worn, rounded corners, scattered foxing spots and a diagonal crease at lower right; handwritten message in ink across the lower front.
Postmark: AMESBURY MASS DEC 15 7-30 PM 1903. Undivided back; printed "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS."; white border; minor edge wear.
Cite this card
Erie Canal Aqueduct, Rochester, NY, 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/erie-canal-aqueduct-rochester-ny-1903. Accessed November 2, 2026.
