The Erie Canal: Albany to Buffalo Video
or DVD and Book
Book
and Video 
SPECIAL
PURCHASE:
Video: Cruising America's Waterways™
explores New York State's Erie Canal, the world's most successful
canal. Opened in 1825, today's canal is a recreational and historic
waterway lined with Cultural and scenic opportunities. Learn about
the canal's mechanical structures; travel on a hire boat; visit charming
canalside communities including Lockport, Baldwinsville, Fairport,
Waterford and Little Falls; and tour attractions in Syracuse, Rochester,
and, of course, Albany and Buffalo. Whether traveling by boat, car,
bicycle, or simply walking on canalside trails, the Erie is one of
America's great waterways.
DVD:
The DVD has the following additional features: a performance by Jonathan
Edwards of the renown canal tune 15 Years on the Erie Canal (Low Bridge,
Everybody Down); historic canal photos from the collections of Syracuse's
Erie Canal Museum; and a lock design/operation segment hosted by Tim
Green.
Book: Through entertaining text and over
225 color photographs, this 224-page book focuses on the joys of cruising
the contemporary canals of New York State, including, of course, the
world's most famous canal, the Erie. For more than 175 years, the
Canals of New York State, coupled with the Hudson River, have served
the changing needs of this nation. Once the focus of industrial growth
in America, the Canal Corridor now provides boaters, bikers,hikers...and
everyone else...with a route that's still exciting to travel, and
an enduring tribute to our pioneer spirit. This is a book about the
canals (and the Hudson River) as they are today, how to 'use' them,
and the cultural, recreational, and scenic opportunities they offer
along their routes.
$58.95 for video and book, $59.95 for DVD and book, plus s/h
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