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New York State Empire Trail & Erie Canal Featured on Upcoming PBS Special

New York State Empire Trail & Erie Canal Featured on Upcoming PBS Special

Just out on the New York State Canal Corporation Twitter Feed: Travels with Darley will feature her travels through New York using the Empire Trail System. This is a video travelogue, highlighting something we all see everyday, and maybe take for granted and not see it as others do. Travels with Darley is a show…

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Erie Canal Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News Show

Erie Canal Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News Show

Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City It was an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet in it's day. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting…

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Old Films & Videos of the Erie Canal

Old Films & Videos of the Erie Canal

Here's some great old videos showing life & history along New York's Erie Canal. We spent a little time gathering up videos and old films from many archives and resources showing what life was like along canals. These are some of the best we could share. This first video, the same we placed on…

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Torn-Down Tuesday: Buffalo’s poor lived along the Canal Towpath

Torn-Down Tuesday: Buffalo’s poor lived along the Canal Towpath

This is from the Buffalo News, which highlights parts of their City that have changed over the years. This one focused on the history of the Barge Canal at Lake Erie & the Niagara River. It's an interesting read. You can see the original STORY HERE

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