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Author: R. Conrad Stein
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780516046822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the early nineteenth-century construction of the 363-mile canal connecting Albany and Buffalo.
Author: George E. Condon
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Spier
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Published: 2014-05-30
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 1630832235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his intricately detailed and historically accurate illustrations, Spier brings delightful new dimensions to the popular folk song.
Author: R. Conrad Stein
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781887840163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the early nineteenth-century construction of the 363-mile canal Albany and Buffalo.
Author: Carol Sheriff
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1997-06-12
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780809016051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2013-07-24
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0813143489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Tim McNeese
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 143811981X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen 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: Susan Peterson Gateley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2023-06
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1467154172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York's unique and majestic canals stretch over 524 miles from Albany to Buffalo and between the southern tier counties of Tompkins and Schuyler to the Quebec border. While much has been written on the nation building Erie Canal of the nineteenth century, much less has covered the third iteration of the waterway, the New York State Barge Canal. Deemed a historic corridor by the Federal Parks system in 2000, the Empire State's canal system has been in continuous operation since 1825, longer than any other man made transportation system in North America. Author Susan P. Gateley reveals the history, beauty and present day state of New York State's grand canal system.
Author: Dr. Hex Kleinmartin
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-12-15
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1502609665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompleted in 1825, the Erie Canal provided a waterway across New York State, from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Discover the circumstances and effects of the canal, including its impact on New York City, in The Erie Canal.
Author: Roger W. Hecht
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2015-02-01
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 081560761X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Erie Canal Reader—poems, essays, travelogues, and fiction by major American and British writers—captures the colorful landscape and life along the Erie Canal from its birth in the New York frontier, through its heyday as a passage of culture and commerce, to its present decline into disuse. Part celebration of the men and women who worked its waters and part social observation, these writings by such figures as Basil Hall, Frances Trollope, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and others provide first-hand observations of the canal country and its role in the evolution of American social and economic culture from frontier to industrial prominence. In addition to depictions of canal life, the pieces offer glimpses of early tourist resorts, like Trenton Falls, and observations of religious experiments that made New York's "burned over district" a hotbed of social and political reform. Also included are works by the most prominent Erie Canal writers, Walter D. Edmonds and Samuel Hopkins Adams, whose stories and novels bring a modern sensibility and insight to their reflections on the canal.
