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On July 4, the kids and I went to Rome, NY, to the Erie Canal Village. I’ve blogged about our day there, Part 1 and Part 2. What an adventure it was! One of the best parts was riding the horse-drawn packet boat down the sliver of the old Erie Canal. ... 3 Comments on "The Erie Canal Packet Boat Ride, Rome, NY";
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Clarissa Burroughs traveled the Erie Canal on a packet boat in 1835. She recorded her experiences in her diary. ... If the delays and other details of packet boat travel were sometimes annoying, Burroughs nonetheless found plenty to celebrate in the slow-paced canal. The Erie Canal was a wonder of human ingenuity.
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2 people call this photo a favorite ... Erie Canal Museum packet boat by telcoserf. ... Click this icon to see all public photos and videos tagged with erie...
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New York's Canals - The Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga and Seneca Canals - Travel, Lodging, Boating, Weather, Hike, Bike, Cruise, Maps and More... ... Fee reduction for state operated swimming, golf, tennis, and boat rental ... A little bit of history about the Erie Canal and canal systems of New York State.
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www.nycanal.com/
www.nycanal.com/
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Packet boat on page 40; Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal by Jacob Abbott (Courtesy of Empire State Books, an imprint of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, PO Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299)
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memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/canal/boats.html
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Packet Boat on Page 44 of Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal; Printable Version ... (Courtesy of Empire State Books, an imprint of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, PO Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299...
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memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/canal/packet44.html
memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/canal/packet44.html
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Erie Canal Village is an outdoor living history museum. It is a reconstructed 19th century settlement on the Erie Canal. ... Welcome to the Erie Canal Village... A Step Into History ; Relax as our horse drawn Packet Boat plies a section of the enlarged canal giving visitors a taste of early 19th century water travel.
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www.eriecanalvillage.net/
www.eriecanalvillage.net/
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Erie Canal Village (Rome, NY) - 1840 to 1860 era re-created village is an outdoor living history museum located alongside a portion of the original Erie Canal. An 1840's horse-drawn packet boat provides rides on the historic canal section.
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www.nyhistory.com/links/Erie_Canal.htm
www.nyhistory.com/links/Erie_Canal.htm
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Included is a watered section of the enlarged Erie Canal with the horse drawn replica of a typical Erie Canal packet boat, The Chief Engineer, named after the first boat on the original Erie Canal (This boat was originally called the Independence).
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www.americancanals.org/canal_boats.htm
www.americancanals.org/canal_boats.htm
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