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Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
A portion of the original 1820s canal ditch
Location in New York Show map of New York Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Nearest city	Montezuma and Tyre, New York
Area	70 acres (28 ha)
Built	1817
Architect	Richmond, Van Rensselaer
NRHP reference No.	05001397
Added to NRHP	December 09, 2005

Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District is a national historic district located at Montezuma and Tyre in Cayuga and Seneca Counties, New York. The district includes more than a mile of the Enlarged Erie Canal prism (built here between 1849 and 1857); towpath and heelpath; a drydock; the remains of the Richmond (Montezuma) Aqueduct crossing the Seneca River; remnants of the original Erie Canal, built between 1817 and 1825 and including Lock #62 and piers of the original mule bridge from that era; and a culvert that carries a stream beneath the Enlarged Erie Canal.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.