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Lockport, NY 14094
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State-of-the-art Interpretive Center for Erie Canal Heritage. Includes hands-on interactive exhibits and a virtual midnight journey through Lockport's Flight of Five Locks.
Media experience features Canal engineer Nathan Roberts who steps down from the famous, Raphael Beck mural to describe the history of the Erie Canal and invite passengers to board a packet boat that rises and moves through the lock gates.
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