Floodwaters from the New York State's Mohawk River rush toward lock houses at Lock 12 on the Erie Canal in Montgomery County west of Amsterdam, one of the many instances of the June 28, 2006, flood damage to buildings and infrastructure in New York's Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital, Central, and Southern regions.
A Canal Authority scow crew removes trees and other debris from the Erie Canal, New York State. Sections of the canal from Lock 9 to 15 were affected by heavy flooding. Erosion, as well as structural damage and significant debris trapped in canal gates and lock mechanisms, was to blame for many of the problems. From left, Civil Service Empoyees Association (CSEA) Canal Authority Local members Louis King, Captain Bruce Pavlus, Machinist Bob Lisco, and Crane Operator Ron Klump haul a tree from the Lock 13 gates.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Brian P. Moore, Sr. stands in front of the damaged Erie Canal Lock 10 in Montgomery County, New York. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought.