Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2012-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 76 Hulbert, Archer Butler 1873 1933 The Great American Canals (Volume 2, The Erie Canal) Historic Highways of America, Vol. 14 Produced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Great American Canals (Volume 2, The Erie Canal)" by Archer Butler Hulbert is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume focuses specifically on the Erie Canal, detailing its conception, construction, and impact on American transportation and commerce. The text likely explores the critical role that the canal played in connecting the eastern states to the western frontiers, as well as its significance in the broader context of American infrastructure development. At the start of the book, the author presents a preface that outlines the major themes to be explored regarding the Erie Canal. The opening portion delves into the early history of the Mohawk Valley as a vital route prior to the canal's construction, noting both Indigenous use and European settlement patterns. Hulbert emphasizes the challenges that existed for transportation, such as the Cohoes Falls that hindered navigation on the Mohawk River. He introduces the early promoters' dreams and ideas surrounding the canal's potential, which ultimately set the stage for its creation as a pivotal American waterway. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Erie Canal (N.Y.) E151 HE Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 311915 311872 2024-09-17T09:16:40.444807 2023-09-18T04:29:28.460199 text/html text/html 310356 2012-10-09T13:04:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6153362 2012-10-09T13:04:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2252969 2024-09-17T09:16:48.034792 application/epub+zip 2255437 2024-09-17T09:16:42.631870 application/epub+zip 174059 2024-09-17T09:16:41.223811 application/epub+zip 2104453 2024-09-17T09:16:51.858748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2073086 2024-09-17T09:16:46.843807 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389424 2022-09-18T18:00:40.443382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251392 251181 2024-09-17T09:16:39.690802 2023-09-18T04:29:27.687246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 251230 2012-10-09T13:04:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90885 2012-10-09T13:04:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 251219 2012-10-09T13:04:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90836 2012-10-09T13:04:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20307 2024-09-17T09:16:52.008769 application/rdf+xml 24532 2024-09-17T09:16:41.603793 image/jpeg 5191 2024-09-17T09:16:41.412845 image/jpeg 6248541 2024-09-17T09:16:40.532848 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia