CONTENTS

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Preface[11]
I.The Mohawk and its Improvement[15]
II.Early Promoters and their Dreams[43]
III.Clinton’s Memorial[62]
IV.Planning, Building, and Opening[104]
V.Local Influences of the Canal[152]
VI.The Canal Fund and Enlargements [178]
Appendixes[211]

ILLUSTRATIONS

I.View of Old Erie Canal Basin at Buffalo[Frontispiece]
II.Map and Profile of the Erie Canal (from Poussin’s “Travaux d’améliorations intérieures ... des États-Unis d’Amérique de 1824 à 1831”—Paris, 1834)[107]
III.A Canal Lock at Rome, New York, Touching the Site of Fort Stanwix[117]
IV.View of Canal at Little Falls, New York, Showing Lock 37 in the Distance[133]
V.Map of Erie Canal, Showing Improvements Proposed (from report of February 12, 1901)[205]