This according to a recent message to supporters of The Albany Waterway’s project to uncover the old lock, buried for a century, and transform the site. The lock was once connected to a boat basin, an associated weigh lock, and the Hudson River.
The dig will be in a green space between the Modern Press offices and the river, adjacent to Water Street. “Our goal is to confirm magnetic imaging which located portions of the original lock,” BJ Costello wrote to Albany Waterway supporters.
A SUNY Poly Archaeological Field School led by research professor in anthropology Denis Foley and assistant professor of civil engineering F. Andrew Wolfe, both of Union College, will conduct current archaeological excavation…