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Matthew M. Osterberg

Delaware and Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad (NY) (Images of America)

The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad tells the story of an American industrial masterpiece. From the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania at Carbondale to the Hudson River in New York near Kingston, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and the Gravity Railroad transformed long tracks of ...

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Matthew M Osterberg

Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad

From the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania at Carbondale to the Hudson River in New York near Kingston, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and the Gravity Railroad transformed long tracks of wilderness into thriving economic areas. Conceived as an inexpensive way to transport anthracite coal, the ca...

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Larry Lowenthal

From the Coalfields to the Hudson: A History of the Delaware & Hudson Canal

In photographs and paintings the Delaware & Hudson Canal appears calm and unrufffled. The charming picture is not entirely false, but there is another dimension to the D&H Company, a corporation struggling to succeed in a hostile and risky business. Except in its final years the history of the canal...

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Manville B. Wakefield

Coal Boats to Tidewater: The Story of the Delaware and Hudson Canal

Coal Boats to Tide Water: The Story of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Hardcover By Manville B Wakefield Foreword by Carl Carmer Purple Mountain Press 1992 222 pages Used Book in Good Condition...

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Hudson River Lighthouses: An Illustrated History

Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name in 1609. The invention of the steamboat 200 years later, and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, made the Hudson one of America's busiest rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the 20th century, more than a dozen lighthouses guided ships past...

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The New York State Canal Corporation

The Cruising Guide: To the New York State Canal System

Boating guide with charts and tourist information for the NY State Canal system, including the Fingers Lakes region, Oneida Lake and the Hudson River....

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Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney

Paths to the Past: History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region

Thirty-one guided hikes and walks explore the rich variety of landscapes in eastern upstate New York and western Massachusetts that offer still-visible evidence of the area’s long and colorful history from prehistoric Native American settlements to abandoned 20th-century industries. Walk in the fo...

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Waterway Guide Media

Waterway Guide Hudson River & NY Canal System

Waterway Guide Hudson River & New York State Canals is the indispensable cruising companion for boaters exploring from New York to Lake Erie including the entire Hudson River and New York Canal System. The guide features mile-by-mile navigation information, aerial photography with marked routes, ma...

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Joan Elizabeth Goodman

Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson (Great Explorers)

"Where Goodman's book shines is the foldout maps and diagrams of the voyages and in the journal entries by Hudson and members of his crew ... When the next group of students with an assignment on explorers descends on the library, have this useful and attractive resource on hand." --School Library...

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Amazing Impossible Erie Canal (Aladdin Picture Books)

Follow the amazing construction and workings of the Erie Canal, America’s first superhighway, in this triumphant nonfiction picture book. When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreamed of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks didn’t believe such a th...

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The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862

The story of the Eric Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The Artificial River reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. Carol Sheriff's extensive, innovative archival research shows the varied responses of ordinary peo...

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River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey down the Hudson (New York State Series)

The author relates his experiences and observations on a three-week canoe journey down the Hudson River, offering his own perspective on a complex waterway often stereotyped as a river ruined by industrial pollution An engaging tale. [Lourie] vividly describes exciting whitewater rides—some hot, s...

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Richardsons' Hudson River & Adjacent Waterways Chartbook + Cruising Guide 3rd Ed

Including: New York Harbor to Sorel. Canda and to Montreal (includes the Erie River (and information for the Erie Canal, as well as the NY Finger Lakes, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River from Sorel to Cornwall and the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals: Waterford to Oswego and Lyons. also i...

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The Street That Built a City: McEntee's Chestnut Street, Kingston, and the Rise of New York

The city is New York, and the street that built it or much of it is on a quiet hilltop overlooking the Hudson River a hundred miles north of New York s harbor. Chestnut Street s first resident was an engineer who helped build the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which brought millions of tons of coal from...

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Honesdale (Images of America)

This colorful history of Pocono Mountain town Honesdale describes its beginning as a transport hub for coal, as well as its illustrious citizens. Honesdale, Pennsylvania, nestled in the Pocono Mountains, is known for its picturesque views and colorful people. Named after Philip Hone, mayor of New Yo...

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Matthew M. Osterberg

Port Jervis (NY) (Images of America)

A picturesque city, Port Jervis nestles in the Shawangunk Mountains at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink Rivers, where three valleys and three states meet. This southeastern corner of New York State, adjacent to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, evolved over the decades into a prosperous tri-s...

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Henry "Bucky" Green

Ellenville (Images of America)

Surrounded by the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains, Ellenville, New York, is a gateway between the Catskills, the Hudson River Valley, and New York City. Its people and places are what make Ellenville special. Artists, laborers, entrepreneurs, and national figures are among Ellenville's citizens. Its ...

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Larry Lowenthal

Hell on the East River: British Prison Ships in the American Revolution

Glorious names like Concord, Saratoga, Valley Forge and Yorktown still ring in American history and are universally recognized. Far fewer people have heard of Wallabout Bay on the Brooklyn shore of the East River or know the terrible story of American sailors who were imprisoned there on wretched hu...

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United States of True Crime: Florida: The Most Chilling Cases In All 50 States

United States of True Crime: Florida: The Most Chilling Cases In All 50 States United States of True Crime is an anthology series with books devoted to the most disturbing cases in each of the 50 states. This book focuses on twenty of the most chilling crimes in Florida history. True crime junkies...

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Matthew M. Osterberg

Dingmans Ferry (PA) (Images of America)

For over 200 years, the small village of Dingmans Ferry grew along the banks of the Delaware River. This once small town thrived first as a farming community and later as a summer retreat for New York and Philadelphia residents. Dingmans Ferry provides a tour of this fascinating community that was l...

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