Author: Elkanah WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
History of the Rise, Progress, and Existing Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York
Author: Elkanah WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
History of the rise, progress and existing condition of the western canals in the State of New-York, etc
Author: Elkanah WATSONThe Canal Policy of the State of New York: Delineated in a Letter to R. Troup, Etc. By Tacitus
Author: History of the Rise, Progress, and Existing Conditions of the Western Canals in the State of New York
Author: Elkanah WatsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780781252249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Bonded Leather binding
Enterprising Waters
Author: Brad L. UtterPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438478275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
One of the largest public works projects in American history, the Erie Canal inspired a nationwide transportation revolution and directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement, boomtowns sprang up along the canal's path, and New York City grew to be the nation's most powerful center of international trade. Millions of people poured into New York (and some through it) to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities provided by the canal, influencing settlement and the social, political, and commercial landscapes of America. Produced in honor of the bicentennial of the beginning of construction of the canal, Enterprising Waters—a companion catalog to the New York State Museum's exhibition of the same name—includes reproductions of objects and images from the collections of more than thirty-five different institutions and individual lenders. It also contains reproductions of fifty-nine works of art used in the companion exhibition "Art of the Erie Canal." Themes of politics, engineering, commerce, life on the canal, and more are paired with full color images of artifacts, documents, and images to bring this unique American story to life, from its inception to today.
A Maritime History of New York
Author: Publisher: Going Coastal, Inc.
ISBN: 9780972980319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Originally compiled in 1941, this republication retains its cast of colorful characters--ranging from pirates and smugglers to merchants and public officials--and includes new historical information and updated material.
Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication
Author: Overcoming Niagara
Author: Janet Dorothy LarkinPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438468253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In Overcoming Niagara Janet Dorothy Larkin analyzes the canal age from the perspective of the Niagara–Great Lakes borderland between 1792 and 1837. She shows what drove the transportation revolution, not the conventional story of westward expansion and the international/metropolitan rivalry between Great Britain and the United States, but a dynamic connection, cooperation, and healthy competition in a transnational-borderland region. Larkin focuses on North America's three most vital waterways—the Erie, Oswego, and Welland Canals. Canadian and American transportation leaders and promoters mutually sought to overcome the natural and artificial barriers presented by Niagara Falls by building an integrated, interconnected canal system, thus strengthening the borderland economy and propelling westward expansion, market development, and the Niagara tourist industry. On the heels of the Erie Canal's bicentennial in 2017, Overcoming Niagara explores the transnational nature of the canal age within the Niagara–Great Lakes borderland, and its impact on the commercial and cultural landscape of this porous region.
Erie Water West
Author: Ronald E. ShawPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813143489
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
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.
Annual Report
Author: New York State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description