The Erie wasn’t the only attempt to build a canal westward. Even George Washington, who was a surveyor in his
Cracking Pendleton – An Annual Spring Ritual
The New York State Canal Corporation crew is here to open the canal for another season. The invention of direct current electricity made it practical with guard gates like these to drain the canal for the winter each season, and to refill it again the following spring. Electric motors will power these massive steel … Read more