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MAPS
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1830 Map of North American
Canals
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Canals: 1820 – 1890
interactive map
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Map
of the Railroads and Canals, Finished, Unfinished, and
in Contemplation, in the United States - 1834
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Map
of the Canals and Railroads for Transporting
Anthracite Coal from the Several Coal Fields to the
City of New York - 1856
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U.S. Canal maps
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GENERAL
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10 Important Canals in the
United States
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A Brief Description of the Canals and
Railroads of the United States - 1834
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A “Canaller’s” Diary – 1888
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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A Connected View of the Whole Internal
Navigation of the United States - 1830
A book about the past progress
and current state of artificial and natural internal
navigation systems, including proposed canals under
consideration.
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A Description of the Canals and
Railroads of the United States - 1840
Reviews of canals and railroads by
state.
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A History of Transportation in the
Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860
Histories of canals is
discussed on pages 11, 34 and 119.
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A Treatise On the Improvement
of Canal Navigation - 1796
A publication authored by Robert Fulton.
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Albert Gallatin, Report of
the Secretary of the Treasury; on the Subject of
Public Roads and Canals - 1808
His report to Congress on internal transportation.
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Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
Part II of Noble Whitford's extensive history of the New
York Canal System. Includes
brief histories and descriptions of U.S. canals
outside of New York State, canalized
rivers, state and
corporation canals, canals outside of the U.S.,
biographies and statistics.
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Atlantic Coastwise Canals:
Their History and Current Status – 1908
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Biking Along the Delaware
& Lehigh Corridor
The article
begins on page 4 of the American Canal Society
newsletter. Includes a map of the major
canals in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Canal Age
Includes a brief history of North American canals.
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Canal Boat School
A historical photo.
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Canal Development in Early
America – Part 1
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Canal Development in Early
America – Part 2
The article concludes on page 4 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Canal Glossary of
Terms 
The
glossary, including illustrations, begins on page 7 of
the Fall/Winter, 1994 Canal Society of Indiana
newsletter.
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Canal Investment, 1815-1860
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Canals and Inland Waterways
History
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Canals, Boats and Battles
The
article begins on page 1 of the Sept., 2012 issue of
the Canal Society of Indiana newsletter.
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Canals for a Nation
Excepts from a history of U.S.
canals. Historical photos and maps.
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Canals in American History
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Canals in the Civil War Era
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Credit and Discredit
An article about banking in the U.S. between 1835 and
1850, and its impact on canal development.
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Cyclopaedia
of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, Commercial
Geography & Navigation - 1863
Brief descriptions of U.S. canals
that had been constructed, as of 1863, begin on page
41.
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Encyclopædia
Americana, Volume 2 - 1830
Brief descriptions of American canals begins on page
464.
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Evolution of the Canal
Inclined Plane
The article begins on page 4 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Geography of Transportation
A history of the development of U.S. canals begins on
page 80 and continues on page 83. Includes
maps.
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Historic Highways of America
...: The great American Canals V. 1. – 1904
Includes histories of the Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Pennslyvania Canal.
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History of the Railroads and Canals of
the United States - 1860
Excerpts from an 1860 book.
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History of turnpikes and
canals in the United States
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In the Beginning
An article begins on page 13 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Letter from Robert Fulton to
President George Washington - 1797
A letter discussing the feasibility of canal navigation
between Philadelphia and Lake Erie.
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List of canals in the United
States
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Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
A collection of historical photos of U.S. canal locks.
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Major Canals Built in the
19th Century, American Northeast
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National
Canal Museum
Includes attractions, schedule of events, slide shows
describing the history of canal development in the
Lehigh Valley and a link to a children's book about
canal history.
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Navigable Feeder Canals of the
United States & Canada
The article begins on page 3 of the
June, 2009 issue of the Canal Society of Indiana
newsletter.
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North
American Canals
An index of links to many North
American canal web sites.
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Old Towpaths, The Story of
The American Canal Era
A 1926 book about the history of U.S. canals.
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Railway
and Commercial Information - 1850
Brief descriptions of U.S. and
Canadian canals that had been constructed begin
on page 139.
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Report of the Committee on so Much of
the President's Message as Relates to Roads and
Canals
Link to an 1817 report.
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Report on the Canals of the
United States – 1883
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Rough Labour: The Digging of
North American canals, 1780-1860: 1991
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The
American Canal Society
Includes brief descriptions and
histories of most U.S. canals, canal guides, current
photos, historical maps, newsletters, upcoming events
and links to related sites.
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The Canal System and the
Development of the Early American Economy
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The District: A History of
the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, 1866-1971
A chapter about the history of the canals in
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, which
transported anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania coal
districts to the east coast markets, begins on page
33. Includes a map showing the locations of
the canals relative to the coal fields, historical
illustrations and photos.
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The Economic History of the
Anthracite-Tidewater Canals - 1908
A book about the anthracite coal
mining industry in eastern Pennsylvania, and the
impact of several canals on its development.
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The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Volume 18 -
1832
Brief descriptions of canals
existing as of 1832.
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The Great American Canals
Links
to several volumes of this book.
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The Impact of Canals on the
Development of 19th-Century America
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The Packet
Boat-Transportation By Canal
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The Progress of America, from
the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846, Volume 2,
Chapter XI
Brief
descriptions of U.S. canals begins on page 697.
Descriptions by individual states begins on page 715.
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The Rise of American
Industry: The Canal Era
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Trolley canal boats
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U.S. Canal videos
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