HISTORY OF THE BARGE CANAL
OF NEW YORK STATE

BY NOBLE E. WHITFORD

TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
I.       THE EARLIER CANALS AND THE CAUSES WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT THE BARGE CANAL
II.       A BROAD OUTLOOK AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS
III.       SEEKING A CANAL POLICY
IV.       THREE YEARS OF BARGE CANAL AGITATION
V.       THE LEGISLATIVE CONTEST OF 1903
VI.       THE CANAL CAMPAIGN OF 1903
VII.       EARLY POLICIES AND METHODS
VIII.       THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER BRANCH - THE CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL
IX.       THE TERMINAL COMMISSION, CANAL TERMINALS AND GRAIN ELEVATORS
X.       CANAL AND TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION
XI.       LATER POLICIES
XII.       OTHER DETAILS AND INCIDENTS
XIII.       THE COMMISSION ON OPERATION
XIV.       A REMARKABLE FEAT - RAPID COMPLETION UNDER RESTRICTIONS AND STRESS OF WAR
XV.       UNITED STATES CONTROL
XVI.       A STATE CANAL TRAFFIC BUREAU
XVII.       REGULATING CANAL AND RAILROAD RELATIONSHIPS
XVIII.       THE CANAL IN OPERATION
XIX.       ATTEMPTS TO ADD OTHER BRANCHES
XX.       COÖPERATING WITH THE UNITED STATES IN ATTEMPTS TO ADD STILL OTHER BRANCHES
XXI.       THE CHIEF BUILDERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS
XXII.       OFFICIAL MACHINERY
XXIII.       SOME ENGINEERING FEATURES
XXIV.       THE WATER-SUPPLY
XXV.       THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
XXVI.       SOME NOTEWORTHY CONTRACTOR'S APPLIANCES
XXVII.       STATE WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION
XXVIII.       ADVERTISING THE CANAL
XXIX.       THE CANAL AND A DEEPER HUDSON
XXX.       THE CANAL AND THE PORT OF NEW YORK
XXXI.       THE CANAL IN ITS RELATION TO OTHER WATERWAYS AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE
XXXII.       TABLES OF CONTRACTS
XXXIII.       TABLES OF ENGINEERS

ILLUSTRATIONS

        From Lakes to ocean - opening the first section

        Flights of locks at Lockport

        Lock at Little Falls

        Three locks of the Waterford series

        Terminal at Lakes and canal transfer point, Buffalo

        Rochester harbor

        Dam at Delta reservoir

        Channel in a land-line

        Movable dam of bridge type

        Approach walls to a lock

        Example of terminal equipment

        Terminal at Rochester

        Elevator and terminal at Gowanus bay, New York city

        Channel in rock cut, near Rochester

        Lighthouse on Oneida lake, at Brewerton

        Terminal at Piers 5 and 6, East river, New York city

        Bridge across the Mohawk river at Crescent

        Taintor gate section of a dam in the Hudson river

        Channel in concrete trough, across Irondequoit valley

        Fixed dam in the Oswego river, at Minetto

        Bascule bridge at Tonawanda

        Example of many canal structures in close proximity

        Siphon lock at Oswego

        State Engineers, 1900-1922

        Crescent dam, at foot of Mohawk river navigation

        Channel circling deep gorge at Medina, behind high wall

        Dam at Hinckley reservoir

        Channel in Genesee Valley park, Rochester

        Terminal at Troy, the point of transfer to New England

        Entrance into eastern end of Oneida lake

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