History of steam on the Erie canal. Appeal for the extension of the act of April, 1871, to foster & develop the inland commerce of the state, for the benefit ... of the canals & the commercial community...
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781418193515
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: During the maple sugar season of the spring of 1858, a well-to-do farmer, of western New York, whittled out a spiral or augur-like screw-propeller, in miniature, which he thought admirably adapted to the canal.