The Physical and Financial Status of the Erie Canal
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 1978
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Page : 162 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Erie Canal (N.Y.)
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Canals
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Author : U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environmental and Public Works
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Richard O. Reisem
Publisher : Landmark Soc. of Western New York
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0964170663
Describes the architecture along the Erie Canal villages.
Author : Charles Shoudy
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File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Erie Canal (N.Y.)
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Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Erie Canal (N.Y.)
ISBN : 143811981X
When it was completed in 1825, the Erie Canal caused a great sensation. Though plans for an artificial waterway to link the Great Lakes with the eastern seaboard were underway as early as 1783, supporters of the project experienced difficulties in finding federal funding. With New York State footing the bill, construction finally began on the canal on July 4, 1817, following the inauguration of DeWitt Clinton, the canal's biggest advocate, as governor of New York. The Erie Canal's completion brought an increase in goods and capital to New York, surpassed Boston and Philadelphia as the leading financial and commercial center in the nation. For many years, the Erie Canal served as the chief traffic artery for both passengers and freight, and the population increased in large numbers throughout the state. However, the middle of 19th century brought steady competition from the railroads, and the canal's commercial importance was greatly reduced. Today, the Erie Canal is a branch of the New York State Canal System and is considered a relatively minor commercial waterway. In The Erie Canal: Linking the Great Lakes, read how this manmade waterway that extends from Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, to the Hudson River in Albany helped shape the future of the Empire State.
Author : Sammi Jameson
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1538341182
The building of the Erie Canal was a watershed moment in the modernization of the United States. Often considered a waste of time, "Clinton's Ditch" eventually proved to everyone that more efficient transportation was sure to revolutionize industry and the country itself. In this volume, readers are presented with numerous primary sources, including portraits, maps, paintings, and engineering diagrams. These primary sources help readers gain a better understanding of the era and building project. They also strengthen readers' ability to analyze and discuss important sources from the past. Sidebars encourage readers to ask and answer questions about the primary sources as they learn why the Erie Canal was a major turning point in U.S. history.
Author : Carol Sheriff
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 1997-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809016051
The story of the Eric Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The Artificial River reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. Carol Sheriff's extensive, innovative archival research shows the varied responses of ordinary people-farmers, businessmen, government officials, tourists, workers-to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of the Republic. Winner of Best Manuscript Award from the New York State Historical Association "The Artificial River is deeply researched, its arguments are both subtle and clear, and it is written with grace and an engagingly light touch. The book merits a wide readership." --Paul Johnson, The Journal of American History
Author : Paul Martin Volpe
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File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2002
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Relying solely on innovation, hard work and determination, New Yorkers dug a canal that would serve the national interest in both the short and long term, provide the impetus and capacity for territorial and commercial expansion and help unite east and west at a crucial point in the nation's history. Using primary documents and economic statistics and examining canal culture, this project illustrates that the Erie Canal was a physical representation of American ideals and a tangible symbol of the nineteenth century national philosophy. The intention of this site is to provide historical and cultural information on the Erie Canal and demonstrate its importance to the state and the nation. Overcoming sectional and political opposition and conquering the physical landscape of the state, New York politicians, engineers and farmers built the largest canal (363 miles) in the shortest amount of time (eight years), opened the Old Northwest, set the stage for further developments in transportation and substantially altered the face of American commerce, politics and geography in the nineteenth century and beyond.