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Limestone Locks and Overgrowth by Michele McFee Chenango Canal NY
Limestone Locks and Overgrowth by Michele A McFee The rise and descent of the Chenango Canal
200 illustrations
Soft Cover
240 pages
Copyright 1993
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1. The Route5
2. The Legislation29
3. The Construction47
4. The Feeder System65
5. The Locks 81
6. The Bridges, Aqueducts and Towpath105
7. The Boats123
8. The Southern Towns141
9. The Northern Towns159
10. The Extension183
11. The Abandonment203
Notes 221
Bibliography 231
Index235
ON THE BACK COVER
"The Chenango Canal was opened in 1837 as one of the `laterals' spawned throughout upstate New York to connect with the Erie Canal after its completion in 1825. The Chenango provided a water link between Binghamton in the southern tier and Utica, a major port on the Erie some 90 miles from its eastern terminus at Albany. Like the Erie, the Chenango brought prosperity to the region through which it ran, forged new industries in the canal towns, lowered freight rates, and reduced hauling time. Chief Engineer John B. Jervis of Rome, one of the Erie builders, provided leadership for a construction task that involved 97 miles of canal and 116 locks, along with numerous feeders, reservoirs, dams and aqueducts, and over 200 bridges of various uses. It shut down in 1878, after many years of financial, political, and public controversies; but during its heyday, the Chenango was a proud part of the state's inland waterway transportation system.
"This book will interest general readers as well as canal buffs and historians. It is well written, and its scholarship is sound. The author writes with concern for the effect of the canal upon the area and the people influenced by it. She opens up the long-ago times and does it with verve, anecdote, and historical accuracy. All in all, it is a fascinating and welcome account of the Chenango Canal and its place in New York State and canal-era America." -Lionel D. Wyld, author of Low Bridge! Folklore and the Erie Canal; Boaters and Broomsticks; and Walter D. Edmonds, Storyteller.
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