Neck Canal of 1730

Neck "Canal" of 1730 is a historic navigation channel located at Marcy in Oneida County, New York. It comprised the extant remains of a "canal" dug in 1730 to improve navigation along the Mohawk River. It was a short, hand dug channel cut across one of the many oxbows that once characterized the river in the 18th and 19th century. The channel was three feet deep, 20 feet wide, and 200 feet long.[2]

Neck "Canal" of 1730
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Marcy, New York
Coordinates	43°7′48″N 75°16′28″W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1730
NRHP reference No.	95001011[1]
Added to NRHP	August 15, 1995

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Raymond W. Smith (June 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Neck Canal of 1730". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-08. See also: "Accompanying four photos".