The bridge they saved, the Aldrich Change Bridge, is the only surviving canal change bridge and the oldest cast and wrought-iron vehicular bridge in New York State, and possibly the United States. This unique historic artifact, built in 1858 and located in Rochester before being moved to the Macedon-Palmyra line in 1880, will be restored and installed near its original location on the Towpath Trail in Aqueduct Park. Visitors will be able to walk or bike up and over the bridge in just the same way the mules and horses did over 100 years ago, as they made their way from the south to the north side of the Canal. Eric DeLony, Chief of the Historic American Engineering Record of the National Park Service will be documenting the bridge for a record in the Library of Congress.
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