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A Long Haul: The Story of the New York State Barge Canal | 
 enlarge | Author: Michele A. Mcfee
Publisher: Purple Mountain Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 993107
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 221
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0935796991
Dewey Decimal Number: 386.4809747
EAN: 9780935796995
ASIN: 0935796991
Publication Date: March 1, 1999
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Product Description
The Barge Canal is as much a modernization of the Erie Canal and its branches as it is an enlargement. In 1918, when the Barge Canal was completed, travelers saw things on the new canal they had not seen on the Erie: canalized rivers, movable dams, liberal use of concrete, mechanized locks, and barges pulled by tugs or traveling under their own power. No longer were boats pulled by animals walking along a towpath. The larger vessels of the Barge Canal transported a variety of products, but grain and oil made up the bulk of the traffic on the canal in its highest traffic years in the 1950s. The stories of the many people who worked ot traveled along the canal provide a colorful legacy to what today is a quiet waterway for tourists.
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Truly Excellent!!! July 21, 1999
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is loaded with stories about people of the Barge Canal, fascinating pictures, key facts about the Barge Canal itself, and lots more interesting details you wouldn't find in a textbook. Michele takes you right along with her as she explains all about this extraoridinary scructure. I highly recommend this book for enjoyable reading as well as research projects. PLEASE READ IT!!!!
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