Work to stabilize the embankment of the Erie Canal in the Village of Albion, Orleans County, and to assess the cause of a partial failure July 30 of a portion of the embankment continued August 1.
Canal Corporation officials said there was no imminent threat of a full collapse of the embankment.
Boat traffic on the Erie Canal was suspended for a 10-mile-long section between Albion and Holley, Orleans County. Guard gates at those two locations remain closed to draw down water levels so that engineers can inspect and repair the damage.
Local residents were alerted about the incident the evening of July 30. Canal personnel assisted boaters in removing and securing their craft within the affected section.
Maintenance crews from Orleans County and other local governments assisted Canal crews Monday in emergency action to fill large sinkholes that developed outside the Canal’s south embankment, shown in photo.
Albion-Eagle Harbor Road was closed between Gaines Basin Road and State Street in the vicinity of the failure.
