Enterprising waters : the history and art of New York's Erie Canal /
"Enterprising Waters chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today. Brings together a wide variety of canal artifacts from museums, libraries, archives, & private collectors. The Erie Canal directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, th...
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Excelsior Editions,
2020
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Enterprising waters: New York's Erie Canal
- Introduction: Art of the Erie Canal
- Part I. Before the canal. Improved waterways ; Early supporters of an inland canal ; The War of 1812
- Part II. Clinton's ditch. The politics and funding of internal improvements ; Settling the land: acquisition and dispossession ; An engineering marvel ; Conquering the Niagara escarpment ; Celebrating early achievements ; Wedding of the waters ; Early commerce and industry ; The windlass and H.G. Root & Company ; Moving goods: the boats that made it happen ; Canal stores ; The canal and the Hudson in the age of steam ; New ports and boomtowns ; Life on the canal ; Travel and adventure on the Erie Canal ; Winter on the canal ; Immigration corridor ; Canal fever
- Part III. The enlarged canal. The politics of the enlargement ; Construction and engineering of the enlargement ; Commerce and industry: industrialization and agriculture ; Mother of cities ; The rise of railroads ; The age of social reform ; Decline of the canal ; The $9 million act
- Part IV. The Barge Canal. The politics of the Barge Canal ; Building the Barge Canal ; Barge Canallers ; Commerce and industry on the canal in the twentieth century
- Part V. Today's Erie Canal. The canal's legacy: art, advertising, and community pride ; The Erie Canal today
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
