Historical Marker
Power House
Historical marker location:
321 East Chestnut Street, East Rochester, New York
( Marker is on East Chestnut Street, 0.1 miles east of South Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling east.)
The Erie Canal, which opened in 1825 and connects the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, was originally mocked as "Clinton's Folly" after Governor DeWitt Clinton, who championed the project. However, the canal became an economic boon for New York and helped turn the state into a major commercial center.