Likely you’ve heard of Lock 17, where vessels are lifted or lowered the greatest distance in the NYS Canals. But what do you make of this 1921 photo? Is that an airplane sidled up to the south side approach? What type of airplane is that, and

who are the half dozen or so people gathered there? Some answers at the end of this post.

Learning about this photo is illustrative of what you’ll learn on CSNY study tours, and this promises more of the same. See dates and

and brief program below. Click here for the LIVE online registration link.

Below is a menu and fees.

What follows is a selection of photos I took at Lock 17 in 2014 and 2016.

Here is more information on the flight service from May 28, 1921. My guess is that aircraft in the top photo is a variation on a Curtiss F5L. I’d love to know more.

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