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At Last! We have 20 Years Worth of Inspection Reports!  FOIL REQUESTS.

At Last! We have 20 Years Worth of Inspection Reports!  FOIL REQUESTS.
At Last! We have 20 Years Worth of Inspection Reports!  FOIL REQUESTS. Mike Caswell April 7, 2018  The Legal Department of the NYPA has sent me 68 reports covering the past twenty years of inspections carried out between Pittsford and Fairport. That might sound like a lot of reports, but it represents 3.4 inspections a…
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EMERGENCY EMBANKMENT DAM REPAIR!

EMERGENCY EMBANKMENT DAM REPAIR!
EMERGENCY EMBANKMENT DAM REPAIR! Mike Caswell March 21, 2018  Starting week commencing March 27th 2018, The New York Power Authority is carrying out an EMERGENCY EMBANKMENT REPAIR by driving interlocking steel sheet pilings 45 feet deep into the embankment, for a total length of 200 feet. Please note!! This is a classic example of the technique used…
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An Expert Opinion! Clear Cutting Canal Embankments

An Expert Opinion! Clear Cutting Canal Embankments
An Expert Opinion! Clear Cutting Canal Embankments By Thomas X. Grasso President Emeritus, Canal Society of New York State Since the New York State Canal Corporation announced its plan late last year to clear cut trees from Erie Canal embankments in western New York, there has been much opposition. I, on the other hand, think…
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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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