The Utica Harbor was completed in 1918 and it was considered an essential connection to the Barge Canal, the second phase of the Erie Canal which was just north of Utica’s downtown area. As a key manufacturing textile city in the northeast at the time, it was vital for Utica to be able to move its goods east and west along the canal system, which ultimately required construction of the Utica Harbor. Continue reading…
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