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A Chinese Boat project on the NY Erie Canal

A Chinese Boat project on the NY Erie Canal
After a 'bucket list' vacation to China, where my wife and I enjoyed a 'river raft' excursion down the Li river near Guilin, I decided to build a raft to use on the Erie Canal. Here is a video using local slave labor (neighbor's children) located at The Oxbow in Fairport. https://youtu.be/e9Qv3Pe63Vs [embed]https://youtu.be/KHfcdJundZY[/embed] It was…
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Trees… Is it Global Warming – or Global Warning?

Trees… Is it Global Warming – or Global Warning?
While everyone likes trees, it appears we have a huge problem with them, as they have been proven to be a major contributor to melting the permafrost. If we lose our permafrost, that releases all the carbon stored underground, and there is so much it is many times greater than all the oil, coal and…
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Canal Embankment Integrity Program Delivers a Safer NY State Canal

Canal Embankment Integrity Program Delivers a Safer NY State Canal
NYS Canal Earthen Embankment Integrity Program will fix structural issues along the canal's many raised embankments... It's not hard to imagine that trees fall or get blown over in NY State. Most times it's a simple cleanup, but not when it happens to trees on Earthen Dams that line the NYS Canal System. Getting at…
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