FROM LAKES TO OCEAN - OPENING THE FIRST SECTION

Boats entering the first lock at the official opening of the eastern section of the Erie canal, May 15, 1915. Aboard the first boat were Governor Whitman, State Engineer Williams, Superintendent of Public Works Wotherspoon, Secretary of State Hugo, Attorney-General Woodbury, Treasurer Wells and others, while the second boat carried press representatives.

HISTORY OF THE BARGE CANAL

OF NEW YORK STATE

BY

NOBLE E. WHITFORD

Senior Assistant Engineer, State Engineer's Department; Assoc. Member Am. Soc. C. E.

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UNDER AUTHORITY OF

FRANK M. WILLIAMS

State Engineer and Surveyor

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Supplement to the Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for the

Year Ended June 30 1921

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ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

1922

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