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31 comments:
Great choice! It is amazing how a project like this ever gets off the ground as it seems so IMMENSE (much like the Hoover Dam).
Thank you you the history lesson-I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Thank you for the history lesson. Such heritage must be well cared for - they are priceless.
Great history lesson! And it is amazing that some projects ever get past the drawing board. Love Bruce Springsteen's version of the song! Hope you have a good week!
Sylvia
A great engineering feat. Your post was full of information as always.
What a fascinating history lesson. There is so much about our wonderful country that I don't know or have forgotten. I do remember singing that song so many times in the 5th grade.
Thank you for this great information!
E-eggs
I've always found it fascinating how waterways were/are built. We've had some experience with it in the Netherlands: the place where I live used to be water! And that was only possible by a lot of work digging waterways, filling in lakes and building dams.
The modern history of many countries revolves around canals.
I had forgotten much of this so it's a pleasure to read and remember as well as renew the rusty parts. :) Great post!
I haven't thought about this in a long time. Great history lesson.
Great and informative post, - all I knew about the Eire Canal was the song (blush, blush). One marvels at the construction that took place without any modern machinery help...
Thank you for the history lesson. It is amazing what was done in the past without all the modern technology that we have today. Great post!
Kind of like the Rideau Canal in Ottawa...come on by, you'll get a laugh out of my post today! :D
I learned that song in primary school in Illinois in the 1960s. As I recall, we all learned different stanzas and joined together for the chorus. I wonder if anyone still learns that song.
That's such a comprehensive post on the Eerie canal. Your library research rocks, Roger.
An amazing project!
We probably didn't have the same opposition to our canal system here, because (if I remember rightly) it was all privately funded and built. But we have had the same falling into disuse, only to be revived as a leisure facility going on. It's a pity actually, that we don't have more canals - I'm sure it would be a less polluting and far more attractive way to move goods!
Most informative! What a huge undertaking it was and undoubtedly doomed to failure by the nay-sayers. It's always good when the pundits are proved wrong ;-)
I love the illustrations.
Another really interesting post, Roger. I remember singing the song when I was into folk music; I had book of Pete Seeger's music.
Ah, Roger, I finally made the connection after I read your profile between your marvelously informative posts and your profession! As a former teacher, I appreciate the effort you make to educate us!!
Great history on the Erie Canal, Rog. I love Bruce Springsteen's music. Back in the day, he played in a small club called Stone Pony, not far from where I use to live.
I can remember learning this when i was a kid and I also remember the erie canal song
That was a neat bit of history. The song was going through my head as I read it. Loved it!
Vision and ambition they had in spades in those times. Very interesting post, I love canals.
Is it me or does the Erie Canal song sound a bit like Merle Travis's 16 tons, maybe he pinched the tune and tweaked it a bit.
Joy -I know the Tennessee Ernie Ford version of Sixteen Tons, but I can hear some similarities. It's possible that the older song was in the public domain by then if the copyright holder failed to renew; don't know.
Truly interesting! Enthralling and engrossing, in fact. :)
Wonderful ABC WEDNESDAY's post.
I love history lessons.
Good job!
Mine is
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shakira
Your humor is delightful. Thanks for visiting my blog, come back anytime!
Are there any locks?
I remember when I was 15, and my teacher trying very hard to explain locks of the Panama canal and we couldn't understand any all.
I also remember my teacher telling us to remember S.H.O.E. for the great lakes, and then we asked what about Michigan?
Recently, I read in a post to remember H.O.M.E.S. that sounds great. too bad, it is 40 years too late. LOL
How far is Erie Canal from Detroit and Windsor? I used to study in Windsor in the 70s.
Ann- there were indeed locks. Check out THIS website which attempts to explain how locks worked on the Erie Canal. There were 83 locks, but the number was reduced to 72.
Buffalo to Detroit is 220 miles (354 km) "as the crow flies", actually closer than from Albany to Buffalo (257, 414). Driving across Ontario, Canada from BUFF to DET is 256 miles; obviously, taking the southern route through Ohio is longer. Driving from ALB to BUFF, BTW is 290 miles.
And of course, Detroit and Windsor are very close; I went to Detroit in 1998, and we went to Windsor because the gas was cheaper at the time.
Very interesting post (as always):-)
I'm sorry to admit I don't think about the Erie Canal too often. Thank you for highlighting this truly amazing project.
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