Arch Truss Bridge Over the Commercial Slip,
Circa 187

Courtesy Western New York Heritage Institute Collection

Looking northeast toward the junction of Commercial Street with the Terrace. Large canal barges are rafted under the bridge. At the left is the infamous New England Block, part of which was owned by Madame Louisa Rauenstein. The western wall of the slip is visible under the bridge. Between the bridge and the large four-story National Hotel, in the upper right, was the juncture of the Commercial Slip and the main line of the Erie Canal.