<![CDATA[Opening of the Erie Canal]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/browse/page/9?output=rss2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:13:05 +0000 sklein@gc.cuny.edu (Opening of the Erie Canal) Except for "fair use" as defined by copyright law, the images and information provided in this exhibit may not be produced in any form without permission from either the Eighteenth-Century Reading Room or the Seymour B. Durst Library. Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Laid up for winter - canal-boat colony in Coenties Slip, East River.]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/show/406

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Laid up for winter - canal-boat colony in Coenties Slip, East River.

Subject

Erie Canal
New York (State)
Coenties Slip (N.Y.)
East River (N.Y.)
Canal-boats
Commerce
Inland trade
Schooners
Illustration

Description

Newspaper engraving found on page 104 of Harper's Weekly, dated February 16, 1884. Because winter travel on the canal was difficult, many canal boats laid up along the New York waterways. This scene depicts everyday activities among the canal families.

Source

Original document: Laid up for winter - canal-boat colony in Coenties Slip, East River. Drawn by E.J. Meeker, Harper's Weekly. Vol. XXVIII. No. 1417. New York: February 16,1884. .ACCESSION##; EC0044

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Laid up for winter - canal-boat colony in Coenties Slip, East River.
]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Shipment of grain and flour. From Sketches by C.A. Keetels. Including Scene on the great flour docks, Coenties Slip, east river, New York. a nd Grain-elevator transferring cargo from a canal-boat to a ship.]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/show/405

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Shipment of grain and flour. From Sketches by C.A. Keetels. Including Scene on the great flour docks, Coenties Slip, east river, New York. a nd Grain-elevator transferring cargo from a canal-boat to a ship.

Subject

Erie Canal
New York (State)
Coenties Slip (N.Y.)
East River (N.Y.)
Canal-boats
Commerce
Inland trade
Schooners
Illustration

Description

Newspaper engravings found on page 1012 of Harper's Weekly dated November 15, 1873. Found on this page are two illustrations, the upper one depicting a scene on the flour docks on Coenties Slip, New York. The bottom illustration shows grain being transferred from a canal boat to a ship. Both illustrations together canal-related commerce in NYC during the 1870's.

Source

Original document: Shipment of Grain and Flour. From Sketches by C.A. Keetels. Including Scene on the great flour docks, Coenties Slip, East River, New York. and Grain-elevator transferring cargo from a canal-boat to a ship. Harper's Weekly. New York: November 15, 1873 page 1012. ACCESSION##; EC0043

Date

1873-11-15

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Shipment of grain and flour. From Sketches by C.A. Keetels. Including Scene on the great flour docks, Coenties Slip, east river, New York. a nd Grain-elevator transferring cargo from a canal-boat to a ship.
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