History of the Barge Canal

HISTORY OF THE BARGE CANAL

OF NEW YORK STATE

BY

NOBLE E. WHITFORD

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER
	FRONT MATTER
	INTRODUCTION
I	THE EARLIER CANALS AND THE CAUSES WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT THE BARGE CANAL
II	A BROAD OUTLOOK AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS
III	SEEKING A CANAL POLICY
IV	THREE YEARS OF BARGE CANAL AGITATION
V	THE LEGISLATIVE CONTEST OF 1903
VI	THE CANAL CAMPAIGN OF 1903
VII	EARLY POLICIES AND METHODS
VIII	THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER BRANCH - THE CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL
IX	THE TERMINAL COMMISSION, CANAL TERMINALS AND GRAIN ELEVATORS
X	CANAL AND TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION
XI	LATER POLICIES
XII	OTHER DETAILS AND INCIDENTS
XIII	THE COMMISSION ON OPERATION
XIV	A REMARKABLE FEAT - RAPID COMPLETION UNDER RESTRICTIONS AND STRESS OF WAR
XV	UNITED STATES CONTROL
XVI	A STATE CANAL TRAFFIC BUREAU
XVII	REGULATING CANAL AND RAILROAD RELATIONSHIPS
XVIII	THE CANAL IN OPERATION
XIX	ATTEMPTS TO ADD OTHER BRANCHES
XX	COÖPERATING WITH THE UNITED STATES IN ATTEMPTS TO ADD STILL OTHER BRANCHES
XXI	THE CHIEF BUILDERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS
XXII	OFFICIAL MACHINERY
XXIII	SOME ENGINEERING FEATURES
XXIV	THE WATER-SUPPLY
XXV	THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
XXVI	SOME NOTEWORTHY CONTRACTOR'S APPLIANCES
XXVII	STATE WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION
XXVIII	ADVERTISING THE CANAL
XXIX	THE CANAL AND A DEEPER HUDSON
XXX	THE CANAL AND THE PORT OF NEW YORK
XXXI	THE CANAL IN ITS RELATION TO OTHER WATERWAYS AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE
XXXII	TABLES OF CONTRACTS
XXXIII	TABLES OF ENGINEERS
INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

From Lakes to ocean - opening the first section

Flights of locks at Lockport

Lock at Little Falls

Three locks of the Waterford series

Terminal at Lakes and canal transfer point, Buffalo

Rochester harbor

Dam at Delta reservoir

Channel in a land-line

Movable dam of bridge type

Approach walls to a lock

Example of terminal equipment

Terminal at Rochester

Elevator and terminal at Gowanus bay, New York city

Channel in rock cut, near Rochester

Lighthouse on Oneida lake, at Brewerton

Terminal at Piers 5 and 6, East river, New York city

Bridge across the Mohawk river at Crescent

Taintor gate section of a dam in the Hudson river

Channel in concrete trough, across Irondequoit valley

Fixed dam in the Oswego river, at Minetto

Bascule bridge at Tonawanda

Example of many canal structures in close proximity

Siphon lock at Oswego

State Engineers, 1900-1922

Crescent dam, at foot of Mohawk river navigation

Channel circling deep gorge at Medina, behind high wall

Dam at Hinckley reservoir

Channel in Genesee Valley park, Rochester

Terminal at Troy, the point of transfer to New England

Entrance into eastern end of Oneida lake

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