Model students – Andrew Clark '00, left, and Schenectady High School sophomores Beena Iype,
center, and Rafael Iskhakov make final adjustments to the model of the lift
bridge they built for the Erie Canal exhibition in the Nott Memorial. Union
students, joined by local high schoolers through the Science and Technology
Entry Program, built four models – the others were a change bridge, aqueduct
and lock – under the direction of Prof. Andrew Wolfe. The students were
recognized last Thursday at a dinner and symposium on the construction of the
canal. “Monument of Progress: The 175th Anniversary of the Erie Canal”
runs through Oct. 29 in the Nott Memorial.