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Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch

Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch

Lallier, Wade Allen

Hardcover

General ArchitectureGeneral PhotographyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540216322
ISBN13: 9781540216328
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Jun 26 2017
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch chronicles the story of a central New York State canal and how it changed the region. In 1825, the Omnibus Canal Bill had called for a survey of a canal linking the Susquehanna River at Binghamton to the Erie Canal in Utica. The idea of a canal was well received in the Chenango Valley but was opposed by many outside it. After eight years of legislative battles, the canal was finally authorized in 1833 with a proposed million-dollar budget. Against seeming insurmountable odds, the 97-mile canal was completed in 1836. Touted as the best built canal in New York State, the canal was never profitable for the state, but it did bring a measure of prosperity to the communities along its length, delivering cheap coal from Pennsylvania to emerging steam-powered factories.

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