Download or read book Black River Canal written by Edward P. Fynmore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black River Canal documents in images how a manmade river transformed a region. This upper New York State canal was an improbable engineering success. In 1825, DeWitt Clinton proposed construction of a canal that would link the Erie Canal at Rome with the Black River at Lyons Falls. The idea was well received, but the obstacles were great. The canal would have to run uphill. In the end, the 35-mile overland canal required a record 109 locks to negotiate a rise and fall of 1,079 feet. Construction was authorized in 1836, and against all odds, the Black River Canal was fully operational in 1855. The canal brought a measure of prosperity to an isolated region of the state and promoted development of a wood products industry that continues to this day.
Download or read book The Forestport Breaks written by Michael Doyle and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Erie Canal was dying. Adirondack sawmills were falling silent. And in the final years of the nineteenth century, the upstate New York town of Forestport was struggling just to survive. Then the canal levees started breaking, and the boom times returned. The Forestport saloons flourished, the town's gamblers rollicked, and the politically connected canal contractors were flush once more. It was all very convenient until Governor Theodore Roosevelt's administration grew suspicious and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency began investigating. They found what a lawman called one of the most gigantic conspiracies ever hatched in New York. In The Forestport Breaks, Michael Doyle illuminates a fresh and fascinating chapter in the colorful history of the Erie Canal. This is the canal's shadowy side, a world of political rot and plotting men, and it extended well beyond one rough and tumble town. The Forestport breaks marked the only time New York officials charged men with conspiring to destroy canal property, but they were also illustrative of the widespread rascality surrounding the canal. For Doyle, there is a story with a personal dimension behind the drama of the canal's historical events. As he uncovered the rise and fall of Forestport, he was also discovering that the trail of culpability led to members in his own family tree.
Download or read book Black River in the North Country written by Howard Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of the Black River in northern New York State, including the growth of the city of Watertown and the Black River Canal.
Download or read book In Senate April 1 1850 Report of the Canal Board on the Bill to Supply the Black River Canal and Black River with Water written by New York (State). Canal Board and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Black River Canal Extension from Carthage N Y to Sacket s Harbor on Lake Ontario written by Louis Andrew Burns and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rochester and Its Early Canal Days written by Horace Pierce Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Assembly March 25 1831 Report of the Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements Relative to the Construction of the Black River Canal written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report Relative to the Construction of the Black River Canal written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Barge Canal from the Hudson River to the Great Lakes February 12 1901 Text and tables written by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report in Relation to the Survey of the Black River Canal January 19 1835 written by New York (State). Canal Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Act to Incorporate the Black River Canal Company written by New York (State) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Channel and Bank Stability of Big Black River Canal Tributary at U S Highway 82 at Stewart Montgomery County Mississippi written by K. V. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black River Canal Extension From Carthage N y To Sacket s Harbor On Lake Ontario written by Louis Andrew Burns and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work by Louis Andrew Burns tells the story of the Black River Canal Extension from Carthage, NY to Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario. A vital transportation link during the 19th century, the canal played a crucial role in the growth and development of the region. Burns' detailed analysis and extensive research make this work an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of canals in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of the Barge Canal of New York State written by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and published by Albany : J.B. Lyon Company. This book was released on 1922 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black River Canal written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Water Power and Storage Possibilities of the Black River written by New York (State). Conservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
