Second printing with revisions (stated). 240 pp., many photos, line drawings, maps, biblio, index, softcover. INSCRIBED by the author to a friend "To Bob, Enjoy the Canal." Unread copy.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Limestone Locks and Overgrowth: The Rise and Descent of the Chenango Canal

Publisher

Purple Mountain Pr Ltd, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0935796444

ISBN 13

9780935796445

Binding

Paperback

Edition

2nd

Condition

New

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The Chenango Canal was opened in 1837 as one of the 'laterals' spawned throughout upstate New York to connect with the Erie Canal after its completion in 1825. The Chenango provided a water link between Binghamton in the southern tier and Utica, a major port on the Erie some 90 miles from its eastern terminus at Albany. Like the Erie, the Chenango brought prosperity to the region through which it ran, forged new industries in the canal towns, lowered freight rates, and reduced hauling time. Chief Engineer John B. Jervis of Rome, one of the Erie builders, provided leadership for a construction task that involved 97 miles of canal and 116 locks, along with numerous feeders, reservoirs, dams and aqueducts, and over 200 bridges of various uses. It shut down in 1878, after many years of financial, political, and public contraversies; but during its heyday, the Chenango was a proud part of the state's inland waterway transportation system.

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Michele McFee is on the board of directors of the Canal Society of New York State and an archival assistant at Binghamton University. She is the author of A Long Haul: The Story of the New York State Barge Canal and numerous articles in regional journals and newspapers. She lives with her husband and four children in Bainbridge, New York

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