Canal Discovery w/ Doug Farley

Canal Discovery w/ Doug Farley

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Charles Dickens’ NY travelogue

  The British had a great deal of interest in America and its early Yankee culture, and that interest certainly extended to stories about the Erie Canal. 

  March 1, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Canal a route for mass migration

  In the 19th century, the Erie Canal carried hundreds of thousands of European immigrants into the heartland of America.

  February 21, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Canal line boat a rare specimen

  The era of heavy commerce on the original Erie Canal began before 1825 and continued onward through the 20th century and the Barge Canal conversion.

  February 21, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Facelift for Buffalo’s Inner Harbor

  The Erie Canal Harbor in Buffalo received a “facelift” and is celebrating its new rebirth.

  January 29, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Fighting along the Erie Canal

  Some of the most interesting stories of the Erie Canal tell of the hand-to-hand combat that took place along the canal.

  January 28, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Story of ‘Fat Man in a Berth’

  “I awoke in the night with a dreadful feeling of suffocation. Cold perspiration stood on my forehead, and I could hardly draw my breath; there was a weight-like lead on my stomach and chest."

  January 15, 2011 1 Photo

• Child labor on the canal

  Life on the Erie Canal represented a way of life, all its own. Its unique culture included its own vocabulary, its own laws, its own dangers and its own beauty. In the view of some, it was a hard, demanding life, and no doubt it was for many of the 50,000 or more folks whose livelihoods depended on it during the canal’s peak years

  January 1, 2011 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Railroads along the canal — part one

  Very different, yet still very similar, the Erie Canal and the American railroads carved their own path through history.

  August 30, 2010 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Garrity, Cook — Part 2

  We have learned much about life on the Erie Canal from one of its best friends, Richard Garrity of the Tonawandas.

  August 21, 2010 1 Photo

• CANAL DISCOVERY: Garrity, cook — part two

  We have learned much about life on the Erie Canal from one of its best friends, Richard Garrity of the Tonawandas.  His remembrances of growing up on the canal help us to picture the scene in our minds eye. The following narrative about cooking on the canal is graciously attributed to Garrity and is continued from last week’s edition of Discovery.

  August 20, 2010 1 Photo

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