Things Worth Knowing About Oneida County
Things Worth Knowing About Oneida County
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Thirteen isthmuses were cut in Wood creek to facilitate navigation, and in 1796 boats passed through this canal Outline History. 73 and down to Oneida lake. The work of this western canal system had up to 1797 cost $400, 000. The boats used along the course were open, flat-bottomed, thirty- five or forty feet long, and propelled by men with poles. The poleman set an end of the pole against the banks or the bottoms, put his shoulder to the other end and pushed. Along each side of these boats wer...e walking boards upon which the navigators stood. Four men on each side of a boat could drive it about eighteen miles a day up stream. Sails were used wherever advantageous wind was encountered. Later, oars were substituted for the poles. It required nine days to make the trip from Utica to Oswego — 113 miles. The heavy tolls which were imposed stimulated land travel. In 1820 the state purchased the property of the Western Inland Navigation Company. The Erie canal had then been commenced. Erie Canal.
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Thirteen isthmuses were cut in Wood creek to facilitate navigation, and in 1796 boats passed through this canal Outline History. 73 and down to Oneida lake. The work of this western canal system had up to 1797 cost $400, 000. The boats used along the course were open, flat-bottomed, thirty- five or forty feet long, and propelled by men with poles. The poleman set an end of the pole against the banks or the bottoms, put his shoulder to the other end and pushed. Along each side of these boats wer...e walking boards upon which the navigators stood. Four men on each side of a boat could drive it about eighteen miles a day up stream. Sails were used wherever advantageous wind was encountered. Later, oars were substituted for the poles. It required nine days to make the trip from Utica to Oswego — 113 miles. The heavy tolls which were imposed stimulated land travel. In 1820 the state purchased the property of the Western Inland Navigation Company. The Erie canal had then been commenced. Erie Canal.
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