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| "Many of the bargemen have their families with them." | "Some barges have cabins amidship which are often spacious and can accommodate a large family." | "Cabins on canal barges are 'home' to many a family." |
| Scenes on the Erie Canal, New York, taken in October 1941 by John Collier, (1913-), photographer (LC-USF34-081344-D [P&P] -- Farm Security Administration ; Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC) | ||
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| "Guard-gate across the Barge Canal" -- from: Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for the year ended June 30, 1919 / State of New York (Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1920) -- facing p. 176. |
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| Evolution of boats used on Erie Canal, 1825-1899 |
"To and from Albany and Buffalo, by the Erie Canal",
1846. Fares for packet boats travelling between Albany and Buffalo, from the National Almanac, 1846, p. 63. |
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| A list of the principal places on the Erie canal, and their distance from each other / T. Buchanan (Utica, N. Y. : R. W. Roberts, printer, c1846) | A table showing the toll per barrel of flour; the toll per 100 lbs per mile; and the toll per 100 lbs. on merchandise, ... / T. Buchanan (Utica, N. Y. : R. W. Roberts, printer, c1846) | Table of the new rates of toll on the Erie Canal, as established by the Canal Board, and in effect ..., c.1846 (55 x 21 cm.) |
| [Source for all 3: An American Time Capsule,
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Printed Ephemera Collection] | ||
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