"We thought that, since we know all the measurements, why don't we find the original canal?"

All 16 miles of Kinney's original canals have long since been filled in and made into streets.

Outside the city limit the original canal continues on to Schloss Schleißheim.

The new structure is on the line of the original canal.

From there it was again roughly an upgrade to the original canal, running west to Lockport.

Major restorations were carried out including the transformation of the five original canals into one surrounding pond.

The remains of the original 1825 canal ("Clinton's Ditch") can also be viewed from a nature trail.

The original canal was 14 km.

In addition to the original canal itself, other items of historical interest are:

Lock 20 is the only lift lock that survives from the original canal!