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| Canal Timeline: Feb 1, 1820 - Canvass White receives a U. S. patent for a cement that hardens underwater. |
Home on the Canal by Elizabeth Kytle |
 Two
leaky canal boats at the McDowell Lumber Yard, Syracuse, New York,
1910 (Erie Canal Museum) THE CANAL AGE |
....And just how does a lock work, anyway? Check
out the great explanation at the
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On
April 17, 1816, a law was passed (chapter 237) appointing Stephen
Van Rensselaer, De Witt Clinton, Samuel Young, Joseph Ellicott and
Myron Holley as commissioners, "to consider, devise and adopt such
measures as may or shall be requisite, to facilitate and effect
the communication, by means of canals and locks, between the navigable
waters of Hudson's river and Lake Erie, and the said navigable waters
and Lake Champlain. 
"I
was kicked by a mule. He was a young mule; we hadn’t had
him very long, and I scared him…I’m telling you he caught
me right in the hip. He knocked me clean across the towpath. I
sort of knocked the ball out of the hip socket…He didn’t
mean to do it. I just scared him."
Click here for
Ray Houghton's
Great Site(s)
A Revolutionary Week Along the Historic Champlain Canal
Buy his book by clicking HERE
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 The Old Champlain Canal Still Navigable by canoe. Towpath Road, Kingsbury, NY |
The history of America is rooted in the path between New York and Canada which leads up the Hudson River and connects to Canada and the Great Lakes. The waterways of New York State played a vital role in the expansion of commerce in America as New York itself played a vital role in the growth of the industrial era. The history of the development of transportation frequently explains the economic growth of the areas they affected.
New York's waterways and harbors still play an important role in interstate commerce with the added feature of recreational boating and use by the public. Historical trails, battlefields, bike trails, museums and plenty of small businesses dot the landscape between Waterford (Lock 1) and Whitehall (Lock 12) to interest and serve the vacationing family; by water or by land!
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Downloadable
Digital Charts of Lake Champlain
bc cartographic
TOPOZONE
maps
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