The Michigan & Erie Canal
Author | : Frank B. Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
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Author | : Frank B. Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
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Author | : Ansel A. Richards |
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Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1916 |
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Author | : William T. Harris |
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Erie and Michigan Canal (proposed). |
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Author | : William Darby |
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Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1819 |
Genre | : Canada |
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In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor (on Lake Ontario), and on to Buffalo and Detroit. Along the way, he spends time in Rhinebeck, Utica, Geneva, Niagara Falls, and other points of scenic or economic interest. He also discusses the St. Lawrence River and its commercial traffic at length, analyzing development on both shores and comparing the United States's and Canada's growth. Darby made the trip across Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit on the schooner Zephyr, stopping at such towns as Dunkirk, Cleveland, and Sandusky. His return trip to New York took him back along the American shore of Lake Erie to Buffalo and Albany (by way of Auburn, the Finger Lakes, and Schenectady). Appended to these letters are "general remarks" (which include excerpts of a speech by Governor Clinton to the New York State Legislature), a description of Ballston Spa, a letter Darby received about the not-yet-opened Erie Canal, and long excerpts from Bouchette's Canada. Darby tells us primarily about the geology and natural features of the areas he visits as well as their current and future economic prospects. He provides some demographic information and occasionally mentions local accommodations. The book is accompanied by two colored maps, one of which details the route he took for his journey.
Author | : Jeanne Nagle |
Publisher | : Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 2017-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1680487663 |
Following the American Revolutionary War, distance and difficult terrain made the western frontier of the newly formed United States seem like a world apart from the thirteen Atlantic-seaboard colonies. To better preserve the union, as well as advance the country's fledgling independent economy, a group of statesmen proposed building a canal that would connect these unified yet disparate locations. At first considered a folly, the Erie Canal wound up achieving those lofty goals and more. Readers uncover the reasons and strategies behind the building of the canal, and the ways in which this crucial waterway facilitated U.S. westward expansion.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Railways and Canals |
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Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Lake Erie and Ohio River ship canal |
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Author | : Ronald E. Shaw |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0813143489 |
The construction of the Erie Canal may truly be described as a major event in the growth of the young United States. At a time when the internal links among the states were scanty, the canal's planners boldly projected a system of transportation that would strike from the eastern seaboard, penetrate the frontier, and forge a bond between the East and the growing settlements of the West. In this comprehensive history, Ronald E. Shaw portrays the development of the canal as viewed by its contemporaries, who rightly saw it as an engineering marvel and an achievement of great economic and social significance not only for New York but also for the nation.
Author | : Illinois. Canal Commissioners |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1844 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Frank Bursley Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Erie, Lake |
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