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... canal history , especially of the original construction of the Erie canal . While the present work has been in preparation , two note- worthy contributions to canal literature have been published : Noble A. Whitford's " History of the ...
... canal history , especially of the original construction of the Erie canal . While the present work has been in preparation , two note- worthy contributions to canal literature have been published : Noble A. Whitford's " History of the ...
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... Canal and Branches : E SS SS EX rie Canal 93 97 . Abandoned Canals te : Where the new Barge Canal follows line of the old Erie Canal , only symbol for the Barge Canal is shown . Hinkleyo W. Canada HINKLEY DAM RESERVOIR HINEMILE CR ...
... Canal and Branches : E SS SS EX rie Canal 93 97 . Abandoned Canals te : Where the new Barge Canal follows line of the old Erie Canal , only symbol for the Barge Canal is shown . Hinkleyo W. Canada HINKLEY DAM RESERVOIR HINEMILE CR ...
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... Erie communication by a canal from Tona- wanta to Black creek , a distance of forty - three miles , which , by his estimate of 8,160 dollars per mile , would cost $ 350,880 ; and from Genesee river to the navigable waters of Mud creek ...
... Erie communication by a canal from Tona- wanta to Black creek , a distance of forty - three miles , which , by his estimate of 8,160 dollars per mile , would cost $ 350,880 ; and from Genesee river to the navigable waters of Mud creek ...
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... canal in Massa- chusetts , recommended that the Erie canal should have a width of 40 feet at the water surface and 28 feet at the bot- tom , and a depth of 4 feet and that the locks should be 90 feet in length and 12 feet in width , to ...
... canal in Massa- chusetts , recommended that the Erie canal should have a width of 40 feet at the water surface and 28 feet at the bot- tom , and a depth of 4 feet and that the locks should be 90 feet in length and 12 feet in width , to ...
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... Canal Commissioners gave an account of their transactions after the enactment of the canal law of 1817 . The first ... Erie Canal with proper ceremonies . They assembled at sunrise and were addressed by Judge Joshua Hathaway , president ...
... Canal Commissioners gave an account of their transactions after the enactment of the canal law of 1817 . The first ... Erie Canal with proper ceremonies . They assembled at sunrise and were addressed by Judge Joshua Hathaway , president ...
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Page 210 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 23 - British power supported them during the struggles of the latter part of the eighteenth and the early part of the nineteenth century.
Page 41 - Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more contemplative and extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense...
Page 432 - The servitude of rivers is the noblest and most important victory which man has obtained over the licentiousness of Nature...
Page 137 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the- nations...
Page 402 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. Tlioy shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 329 - ... shall be wholly paid, and the principal and income of such sinking fund shall be applied to the purpose for which said sinking fund is created and to no other purpose whatever; and, in the event such moneys so set apart in any fiscal year be sufficient to provide such sinking fund, a direct annual tax for such year need not be imposed and collected, as required by the provisions of said section four of article seven, or of any law enacted in pursuance thereof.
Page 429 - The mountain nymphs and Themis they adore, And from her oracles relief implore. The most upright of mortal men was he; The most sincere and holy woman, she. When Jupiter, surveying Earth from high, Beheld it in a lake of water lie...
Page 461 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged, by all enlightened statesmen, to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Page 66 - Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults? Shall the revenue be reduced? or shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education and other great foundations of prosperity and union under the powers which congress may already possess, or such amendment of the constitution as may be approved by the states?