Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct

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{{Infobox NRHP | name =Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct

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| image = Camillus-aqueduct1.JPG

| caption = Nine Mile Creek running beneath aqueduct, prior to its 2009 restoration

| nearest_city= Camillus, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|3|31.94|N|76|17|9.46|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = {{Start date|1841}}

| architect= Frederick C. Mills

| added = May 17, 1976

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 76001256{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct is a restored stone and wood aqueduct of the Erie Canal over Nine Mile Creek in Camillus, New York, United States. It was built in 1841 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The towpath part of the structure has four arches of {{convert|30|ft}} each. The structure was built of stone joined by a marine cement that was relatively new at the time, but which has endured well.{{cite web| url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/| title = Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)| publisher = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation| format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-08-01| archive-url = https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/| archive-date = 2015-07-01| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web | url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=31437&q=false | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct | accessdate = 2016-08-01 | author = Raymond W. Smith | format = PDF | date = February 1976 }} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=31439&q=false Accompanying photographs]

The aqueduct is within the Camillus Erie Canal Park. Restoration work began in 2008 on the wooden bottom and sides of the aqueduct, enabling it to carry water again, and enabling reconnection of the two {{convert|1|mi|adj=mid|spell=in}} segments of the Erie Canal on either side.

In August 2009, boats traversed the restored aqueduct for the first time since 1917.{{cite web|url=http://www.eriecanalcamillus.com/aqueduct.htm|title=Camillus Erie Canal Park|date=August 2009|work=|publisher=Camillus Erie Canal Park}}

Image:Ninemile Aqueduct restoration.jpg|Progress of restoration as of May 25, 2009

Image:Ninemile Aqueduct timbers.jpg|Timbering

Image:Ninemile Aqueduct arches.jpg|Through the towpath archways

It is located off Thompson Road in Camillus, about one mile east from Sim's Store. It is a few hundred yards' walking distance from a small parking area on Thompson Road.

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