title: Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792-1854
author:  Ronald E. Shaw 
description: "A valuable and much needed scholarly work."<I>Journal of American History</I>
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  # History of Steam on the Erie Canal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  HISTORY OF STEAM ON THE ERIE CANAL.
  
  
  Appeal for the Extension of the Act of April, 1871, “to Foster and
  
  
  Develop the Inland Commerce of the State,”
  
  
  FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANALS AND THE COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY.
  
  
  _NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1873._
  
  
  NEW YORK: EVENING POST STEAM PRESSES, 41 NASSAU STREET, COR.
  
  
  LIBERTY. 1873.
  
  
  With Respects of the Author,
  
  
  155 Broadway, N. Y.
  
  
  HISTORY OF STEAM ON THE ERIE CANAL.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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