THE CANAL’S LEGACY: ART, ADVERTISING, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introductions xvii
7. Part I Before the Canal
8. Introduction 1
9. IMPROVED WATERWAYS 7
10. EARLY SUPPORTERS OF AN INLAND CANAL 17
11. THE WAR OF 1812 23
12. Part II Clinton’s Ditch
13. Introduction 27
14. THE POLITICS AND FUNDING OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 30
15. SETTLING THE LAND: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSSESSION 45
16. AN ENGINEERING MARVEL 50
17. CONQUERING THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT 75
18. CELEBRATING EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS 80
19. WEDDING OF THE WATERS 82
20. EARLY COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 91
21. THE WINDLASS AND H. G. ROOT & COMPANY 114
22. MOVING GOODS: THE BOATS THAT MADE IT HAPPEN 126
23. CANAL STORES 134
24. THE CANAL AND THE HUDSON IN THE AGE OF STEAM 140
25. NEW PORTS AND BOOMTOWNS 144
26. LIFE ON THE CANAL 153
27. TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE ON THE ERIE CANAL 188
28. WINTER ON THE CANAL 207
29. IMMIGRATION CORRIDOR 212
30. CANAL FEVER 219
31. Part III The Enlarged Canal
32. Introduction 235
33. THE POLITICS OF THE ENLARGEMENT 236
34. CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING OF THE ENLARGEMENT 245
35. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND AGRICULTURE 259
36. MOTHER OF CITIES 282
37. THE RISE OF RAILROADS 290
38. THE AGE OF SOCIAL REFORM 293
39. DECLINE OF THE CANAL 310
40. THE $9 MILLION ACT 316
41. Part IV The Barge Canal
42. Introduction 319
43. THE POLITICS OF THE BARGE CANAL 320
44. BUILDING THE BARGE CANAL 325
45. BARGE CANALLERS 336
46. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON THE CANAL IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 361
47. Part V Today’s Erie Canal
48. THE CANAL’S LEGACY: ART, ADVERTISING, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE 371
49. THE ERIE CANAL TODAY 388
50. Conclusion 391
51. Notes 393
52. Bibliography 395
53. Index 397