Document Index

Erie Canal Time Machine - 1830

Images used in the Erie Canal Timeline section of Throughout the Ages

Erie Canal. Diary of Rachel Wilmer (1834). Diary written by a woman named Rachel Wilmer, who traveled the Canal in 1834. Like many others, Rachel toured the Canal to see the marvelous sights, but sometimes danger lurked. Sometimes people caught disease or had accidents while traveling and working on the Canal. New York State Library

Erie Canal. Canal Board Papers (1829). Letter from the Citizens of the Town of Germanflatts. This letter of appeal was written by the citizens of the town of Germanflatts in Herkimer County and sent to the Canal Board (1829). New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Canal Board Papers (1829). Map of the Town of Germanflatts. Map of the Town of Germanflatts showing proposed feeder canal (1829). New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Canal Board Papers (1829). Letter from Henry Van Patten. Letter from Henry Van Patten to the Erie Canal Board for reimbursement for construction of a bridge and destruction of his well. Dated Rotterdam, Schenectady, February 11, 1829. New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Broadside of Valuable Water Power for Sale at Waterford, NY (April 2, 1829). Broadside announcing Valuable Water Power for Sale at Waterford, NY, April 2, 1829. New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Engraving of The Lock (1852). This is an engraving of The Lock. This image shows a packet boat in a lock and a gatekeeper preparing to close the lock gates. A team of horses or mules and their driver wait for the boat to "lock through," while another person secures the boat to a post with rope. Published in Jacob Abbott's Marco Paul's Voyages & Travels on the Erie Canal, 1852. New York State Library

Erie Canal. Watercolor of an Aqueduct Over a River. A watercolor portrait of an Aqueduct Over a River. (Image 1 of 2) Canal Society of New York State

Erie Canal. Watercolor of an Aqueduct Over a River. A Watercolor portrait of an Aqueduct Over a River. (Image 2 of 2). Canal Society of New York State

Erie Canal. Canal Board Papers. Photograph of containers. These boxes held the Canal Board papers. People with complaints about the Canal appealed to the Canal Board for a decision, and the records of these decisions became part of the Canal Board papers. New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Canal Board Papers (July 11, 1836). Letter from George Meade. An appeal letter from George Meade to the Canal Board to fund his newly invented icebreaker, July 11, 1836. New York State Archives

Erie Canal. Diary of Rachel Wilmer (1834). Two pages out of the diary written by a woman named Rachel Wilmer, who traveled the Canal in 1834. Like many others, Rachel toured the Canal to see the marvelous sights, but she found Canal travel slow and boring, and by the end of the trip she was anxious to get home to her family. New York State Library

Erie Canal. Broadside of New York Canal Lands For Sale (October 1823). This broadside (poster) was printed to advertise land for sale in north-central New York. Business people, called land speculators, bought large amounts of land and then tried to sell it to new settlers for a profit. New York State Library