'Carrying on the history': Leading the Lockport Locks into the Erie Canal’s bicentennial

'Carrying on the history': Leading the Lockport Locks into the Erie Canal’s bicentennial

Moving boats up and down through Erie Canal locks 34 and 35 in Lockport used to take more than a dozen people, but now, its a job of one, and the man at the head of that operation is John McKee.Took the test, and Ive been here 23 years, McKee said.23 years on the Erie Canal, working a job that, because of the citys back-to-back locks, is uniquely Lockport.WATCH: 'Carrying on the history': Leading the Lockport locks into the Erie Canals bicentenn…