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Sorry, but listening to this lecture is harmful for anyone who still has ambitions of being a reasonable, logical human being. In my opinion, it only highlights how goofy this society we live in truly is and how moronic and misguided its so-called “representative authorities” can be-those proudly parading around as “presidents of some association.” My logic has no respect for such nonsense. What do we get? Just someone reading words written by who-knows-who, jingling a few names that sound downright funny today, and showcasing goofy-looking portraits of those supposed “geniuses” from the early 19th century. Likely sons of farmers, who supposedly gained their “engineering experience” by digging small trenches on the family farm, only to magically build a canal in a few short years. Take one look at those laughable start and finish dates: May 1817 to October 1825. That’s 440 weeks. The project was supposed to be done in 360 weeks. No modern tools-just shovels and axes. We’re told 8,000 poor immigrants, mostly Irish, who couldn’t even feed themselves, were somehow masters of building canals. They were apparently so skilled that they could outperform modern excavators, digging a 70-foot-wide, 12-foot-deep trench at breakneck speed. My math says that’s 0.8 miles per week. Let’s assume they worked 10-hour days with no slowing down. That’s 600 feet of excavation per day, cutting through mud and rock. Still sound plausible? Only if you assume perfect conditions: 360 sunny, rain-free days per year in temperatures between 60-90°F. Now factor in reality-3-4 months of winter in that geography-and you’ve got maybe 225 workable weeks. That doubles the workload to 1.6 miles per week. Really? No one got sick? No mistakes? No wasted time? No one talking, smoking, or drinking? Just perfectly-behaved, superhuman men doing 300 shovelfuls an hour for eight years straight? Ridiculous. And that’s just the digging. What about the 600-foot elevation change and the 83 locks, which had to be watertight and fully operational? Tell me again how they managed that with just shovels and axes.

Slow down when narrating.

It is a common error that the Mohawk Valley is the break in the Appalachian Mountains. I used to say it until Dr. Grasso straighten me out. The Hudson River is the key. Albany is west of the Appalachians and NYC is east. The Mohawk River cuts through a part of the Adirondack chain.

I been to Fayetteville before lol😅

Wonderful and THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

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Dead Sara change it up!

Wonderful presentation!

Who's here because they love inland waterways?

Beautiful video💔💔

Shout out to Alisha 😍 and Broken Simulation podcast 🤖

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Just toured the Seneca Chief in Rochester... great experience. Looking forward to the 200th Anniversary Celebration...Thanks to everyone involved in this wonderful project.

I was just there today. June 4, 2024. I walked from Warners Road through the "Camillus Landfill Bike Path" turning around at Gere's Lock (Lock 50). Other than 19th century maps, I cannot find ANY photos of the hamlet of Belle Isle. It has been obliterated. Defunct canal ditch and hamlet perhaps buried by landfill, or bulldozed out of existence. When did this little community disappear?

Also I love the way you cook

Nice! I watched the playlist, definitely will rewatch

Another amazing program! Thank you

Absolutely LOVE this program! Thank you so much to the ECM, Martha and Rebecca!

An amazing and wonderful series of projects and especially along the canalway. Thank you to NYS Canal Corp and the Erie Canal Museum but especially to the artist Matthew López-Jensen.

The Morris Canal is so much. It uses gravity to do the work. I took a one week vacation from my job so my wife & i could study what remains. The Scotch turbine that spun with the 9" solid shaft on it's top which turned the giant drum of 3" Roebling wire rope...Dang !!! There is so much to say about the canal. While in the area, we went to Lackawaxen Pa. Took in Mr. Roeblings 1848 aquaduct, now dry bridge. Thank you for making this vid.

Isn’t she as crazy as a bag of hammers?

Intro writer fired lol😅

These are very interesting. I am gonna enjoy these over the next couple of weeks.

So glad to hear my great grandmothers voice agian she was such a great woman.

Thank you Derrick, I enjoyed your lecture. 😊😊

Very informative. Thank you. Philip Armour, the founder of Armour Meats, was originally from Madison county, NY.. He got his first job at FIVE (5!) years old as a hogee (mule driver) on the Erie Canal.

Thank you.

Thank you so much ECM and Ciarrai Eaton. I enjoyed the lecture and the slides. Given the death rates prior to the 1950's; bearing children to replace those lost to childbirth, disease, injuries (no antibiotics until late WW2 era) and war (not to mention crop failures and famine!) was considered an honorable activity within the bonds of marriage.

Thank you Derrick.😊 That shot and explaination of the aqueduct was informative. 👍 It looks as if some state park employees or volunteers should start removing that brush before schrubs and trees take root and wreck the stonework. Could use a paint job on the railing and other metal parts too. I'm not trying to be snarky, but I have seen what has happened to the stonework in places that are not open to tourists.

Nice!

Thank you. Please turn down the background music, it is difficult to hear the narration.

Thank you ECM and Ashley Maready 😊

Thank you ECM and Ashley Maready! 😊😊

Thank you. It would be nice if this portion of the Old Erie canal could be reopened for kayaking and canoes. With the reshoring of industy and Covid. Commercial traffic is picking up on the Barge Canal

Thank you. This was an enjoyable video.

This section of the Old Erie Canal is lovely.❤ ECM and Derrick ...Thank you for sharing 😊

Thank you Derrick.😊 It looks like a nice place to visit. Was this part of the canal expanded when the Barge Canal was built? (I am asking because the infrastructure looks like stone, not cement) When was this part of the canal shut down? TIA 😊

Thank you Alicia and Erie Canal Museum! *This child-friendly museum is worth at least one visit, if one is wondering if it should be on their list!* It is also close enough to the Empire State Trail as well as the Canalway/Erie Canalway Trail for other types of family fun (The two trails intersect in several places) Parking is availble with access off of main roads for the trails.

Many thanks to the NYS Canal workers who keep this waterway running in tip-top shape!👍👍 Thank you Erie Canal Museum and Mr. Ambrose Barbuto 😊

Thank you. I enjoyed the lecture and hope to see the park in Camillus. 😊

Thank you. I enjoyed the lecture. 😊

Thank you. I enjoyed the lecture. I hope to visit the area and view the aqueduct.😊

Interesting. Thank you.

Interesting interview. Times change; I am glad Glen Salisbury's experiences were recorded. Thank you for sharing. 😊

I am here a couple of years late for the live version. I saw it on my YT feed this lovely Sunday morning. I enjoyed your lecture; in particular the illustrations and explanations of the nature of-- and how the Niagara escarpment was surmounted. Thank you for your efforts to tell the tale of "Clinton's Ditch" to a new generation.

Nice! Thank you. 😊

Thank you. 😊😊👍👍

Thank you. 👍😊