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| Established | October 25, 1962[1] |
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| Website | http://eriecanalmuseum.org/ |
Weighlock Building | |
 Erie Canal Museum in former weigh lock building, Syracuse, New York | |
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| Location | SE corner of Erie Blvd. E. and Montgomery St., Syracuse, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°3′2.4″N 76°8′55.8″W / 43.050667°N 76.148833°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000552[2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
The Erie Canal Museum is a historical museum about the Erie Canal located in Syracuse, New York. The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, non-profit corporation.[3] It is housed in the Syracuse Weighlock Building dating from 1850. The Syracuse Weighlock Building was in operation as a weighlock from 1850 to 1883. In 1883 the canal decided to stop charging tolls. The weighlock building was essentially used as a big, elaborate scale to weigh the boats traveling on the Erie Canal and determine how much each boat would pay for a toll. Today the museum includes not only artifacts from the Erie Canal, but also a gallery of present canal life. It is the mission of the museum to help people to learn the rich history of the Erie Canal and that it is not just a thing of the past, but still very much exists today in different forms.
The museum's Weighlock Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[2]
- ^ "About".
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Waite, Diana S. (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Weighlock Building". Retrieved 2009-05-05.and Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1970