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Landmarks of Wayne County,
New York – 1895
Reference to the canal is on page 65.
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Letter: James Madison to
Richard Riker and Others, 31 May 1826
Includes reference to the canal.
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Letter: To James Madison from
the New York State Canal Commissioners, 8 October
1811
Includes reference to the canal.
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Little Falls Aqueduct
An
1822 newspaper article about the opening of the
aqueduct.
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Little Falls Aqueduct
A
brief history of the aqueduct. Current
photos.
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Little Falls, from Lovers
Leap
A historical photo of the canal.
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"Little Short Of Madness"
A brief history of the canal. Links
to related sites.
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Lockport – 2003
Historical photos begin on page 77.
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Locktender’s House Historical
Marker
Photo and text of a marker located in Onondaga
County.
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Lockport: Historic Jewel of
the Erie Canal – 2005
Exercpts from the book, with numerous references to the
canal.
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Low Bridge!: Folklore and the
Erie Canal
Excerpt of a history of the canal, and folklore
associated with it.
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Lyons Aqueduct
A brief description of the aqueduct.
Historical and current photos.
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Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal
One of a series of stories,
published in 1852, describing travel on the canal from
the perspective of a young boy.
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Medina Culvert
Brief history and current photo of
the only road culvert built under the canal.
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Memorial and Family History
of Erie County, New York – 1908
A brief history of the canal begins on page 20.
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Memorial History of Utica,
N.Y. – 1892
References to the canal are on pages 62, 142, 169, 189
amd 375.
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Memorial History of Syracuse,
N.Y. – 1891
References to the canal are on pages 40 amd 405.
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Montgomery County – 2004
Historical photos are on pages 7, 30, 60, 61, 86, 88 and
117.
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Mouth of Erie Canal, Buffalo,
N. Y. photo – 1892
A historical photo of the canal.
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Moving The Freight
A brief article about the dramatic
collapse in the prices of transportation in the first
half of the nineteenth century, begun by the Erie
Canal, and the fundamental transformation it made to
the U.S. economy.
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New York: A Guide to the
Empire State
A brief history of the canal begins on page 9 and
continues on page 68 and 77.
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New-York Canal Lands on Sale
An 1823 broadside, advertising land
along the canal.
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New York History
A brief history begins on page 21.
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New York Heritage Digital
Collections
A collection of historical photos.
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New York Public Library
Digital Collection
Includes maps, historical photos and illustrations.
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New York State Archives:
Digital Collections
An extensive collection of historical photos.
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New York State Historical
Newspapers
A set of articles making reference to the canal.
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Niagara Discoveries: The Erie
Canal's western end
A history of the different routes considered for the
western end of the canal.
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Night Life on a Canal Packet
Boat
The article begins on page 8 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Oct. 8, 1823: New York Gets That Erie
Feeling
A brief history of the canal.
Current photo.
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Ode for the Canal Celebration
A Ode, celebrating the completion of
the canal.
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On a Trolley Boat
An 1893 newspaper article about the experimental trial
of an electric trolley system to power boats on the
canal.
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On the Erie Canal in 1916
An article begins on page 7 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Onondaga, or, Reminiscences
of earlier and later times – 1849
Reference to the canal is on page 45.
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Onondaga's Centennial:
Gleanings of a Century · Volume 2
References to the canal are on pages 943, 952, 971 and
992.
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Opening of Erie Canal
Connects East and West
A brief history of the canal. Historical
illustrations.
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Origin of the Erie Canal:
Services of Benjamin Wright – 1870
A history of the origins of the canal.
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Orleans County, New York
postcards
Includes historical photos of the canal in Albion.
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Our country and its people; a
descriptive and biographical record of Madison
County, New York – 1899
References to the canal are on pages 159 and 173.
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Our county and its people; a
descriptive work on Oneida county, New York – 1896
Reference to the canal is on page 220.
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Participation of the Buffalo Historical
Society in the Erie Canal Centenary
Link to a 1917 book.
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Perinton, Fairport, and the
Erie Canal
Excerpts of histories of the communities. A
map of the canal east of Rochester is on page 10.
Includes historical photos on pages 8, and 11
- 18.
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Pioneer history of Orleans
County, New York – 1871
Reference to the canal is on page 55.
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Pioneer History of the
Holland Purchase of Western New York - 1849
References to the canal are on pages 614 and 648.
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Polster Photographs of
Lockport, NY
A search by "Erie Canal" yields a collection of
historical photos.
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Railway Locomotives and Cars,
Volumes 10-12 – 1840
Tonnage handled on the canal in 1839 is on page 252.
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Report in Relation to
Enlargement of the Erie Canal at Port Byron – 1857
An engineering report on the status of the project.
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Resources on the Erie Canal
Links to several Erie canal web
sites, with a focus on central portion of the canal
from Palmyra (Lock 29) to Lockport (Locks 34 and 35),
and particularly on the area in the vicinity of the
City of Rochester.
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Rochester: A Story Historical
– 1884
References to the canal are on pages 107, 295, 325 and
343.
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Rochester and its Early Canal Days
Link to a 1914 book.
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Rochester and the Erie Canal
A history of the canal and its impact on the community.
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Rotterdam - 2004
Excerpts from the book include several historical
photos.
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Schenectady – 2007
Historical photos are on pages 61 and 83.
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Schenectady Was One Bright
Spot on Erie Canal
A 1922 newspaper article about canal life in the city in
the mid-19th century.
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Schoharie Creek Aqueduct
A brief history and description of the aqueduct.
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Schoharie Crossing State
Historic Site
Includes a brief history of the
canal. Current photos.
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Scholar in the Wilderness –
1963
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Settlement in the West:
Sketches of Rochester – 1838
References to the canal are on pages 31, 33, 175-239.
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Sketches of Early Buffalo and the
Niagara Region
Link to a history of the region,
including reference to the canal.
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Souvenir of Syracuse – 1905
Includes an historical photo of the canal.
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Stairway to Empire: Lockport,
The Erie Canal, and The Shaping of America
An excerpt of the history of the canal, with a focus on
Lockport.
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Sugar
& Spice: Stories on the Erie Canal
A brief article about canal stores.
Historical and current photos.
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Syracuse – 1997
Historical photos are on pages 12, 104 and 105.
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Table of the New Rates of
Toll on the Erie Canal [c. 1846]
A rate schedule.
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Thank
the Erie Canal for Spreading People, Ideas and Germs
Across America 
A
brief history of the canal. Historical
photos.
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The 1859 Erie Canal Bridge Collapse at
Albion
Newspaper accounts of a tragic
accident along the canal.
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The Aqueduct at Little Falls
A
brief history of the aqueduct. Historical
illustrations and historical and current photos.
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The Artificial River: The
Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
Excerpt of a history of the canal.
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The Building of the Erie Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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The Building of the Erie Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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The Building of the Erie
Canal
A brief history of the canal. Current photo.
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The Building of the Erie Canal
A brief history of the canal. Links
to related sites.
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“The Canal” newspaper article
– 1820
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The Cost of Transportation on the Erie
Canal and by Rail
Link to a 1911 book.
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The Ditch That Salt Built
An article begins on page 9 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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The Economic History of the
Erie Canal
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