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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...28cts. Champlain Canal extends from Whitehall, on Lake Champlain, to Albany. Commenced, October, 1817; opened for navigation, November, 1819. Length, 72 miles; width and depth the same as Erie canal. Number of locks, 21; rise and fall, 188 feet. Cost, $1,179,871 95 cts. Tolls received in 1831, $102,896 23 cts.; in 1832, $110,191 95 cts. Oswego Canal is a branch of the Erie, extending from Salina to Oswego, connecting Lake Ontario with the Erie canal. Length, 38 miles. One half of the distance is canal, the remainder slack-water navigation: 14 locks. Descent from Salina to Lake Ontario, 123 feet. Cost, $525,115 57 cts. Tolls in 1831, $16,271 1Ocfs. Cayuga and Seneca Canal, extending from Geneva, on Seneca lake, to Montezuma, on Erie canal, is one half canal and one half slack-water navigation. Length, 20 miles and 44 chains: 11 locks of wood. Descent from Seneca lake to Montezuma, 73% feet. Canal constructed in 1828. Cost, $214,000 31 cts. Tolls in 1830, $11,987 81 cts.; in 1831, $12,920 39 cts. The four canals described above were constructed at the expense of the State, and still remain under the administration of the State government as public property. Aggregate length, including 8 miles of navigable feeders, 492 miles. Do. Cost $10,946,443 68 Do. Tolls in 1830, 1,056,799 67 Do. Tolls in 1831, 1,222,801 90 Chemung Canal, another work of the State, extends from the head waters of Seneca lake to the Chemung (or Tioga) river. Length, 18 miles, with a navigable feeder of 13 miles from Painted Post, on the Chemung river, to the summit-level, making in the whole 31 miles of canal navigation. Amount appropriated by the Legislature, April, 1829, for the construction of this canal, $300,000. On the canal are 53 locks of wood, 6 culverts, 3 aqueducts, 70 bridges, ...
