{"id":1581,"date":"2021-07-19T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:36:36","slug":"the-western-erie-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=1581","title":{"rendered":"The Western Erie Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The character of the Erie Canal changed from the tourist bustle of the tiny towns (Fairport, Newark, Medina) to the quiet solitude of New York&#8217;s upstate farms.  The western section is also where canal itself changed character: the banks of the canal varied from sandstone rock to poured concrete to sections where it was evident the canal was once chiseled out of the ground.  A serene off-ramp after the uncertainty of the earlier part of the journey&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medina, NY and it&#8217;s stunning facades&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5985-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5985-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5985-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5985-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5985.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3693-947x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3693-947x1024.jpeg 947w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3693-278x300.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3693-768x830.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3693.jpeg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0529.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0529.jpeg 719w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0529-300x239.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" 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The western section is also where canal itself changed character: the banks of the canal varied from sandstone rock to poured concrete to sections where it was evident&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=1581\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Western Erie Canal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-erie-canal","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1620,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/1620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}