Plymouth District Library - Resources on the Erie Canal

Resources on the Erie Canal
Materials found in books at the Plymouth District Library
and on the World Wide Web

Books at the Plymouth Library

Bourne, Russell. Floating West: the Erie and other American canals
Adult non-fiction shelves 386.409 B

Doherty, Craig A.The Erie Canal
Youth non-fiction shelves J 974.7 D

Erie Canal Museum. Erie Canal
Adult non-fiction shelves 974.7 E

Harness, Cheryl. The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal
Youth non-fiction shelves J 386.48 H

Lourie, Peter. Erie Canal : Canoeing America's Great Waterway
Youth non-fiction shelves J 974.7 L

Nirgiotis, Nicholas. Erie Canal : Gateway to the West.
Youth non-fiction shelves J 386.48 N

Sandak, Cass R. Canals
Youth non-fiction shelves J 627 S

Spier, Peter. The Erie Canal (Song about the canal)
Youth non-fiction shelves J 784.4 E

Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the Erie Canal
Youth non-fiction shelves J 386.48 S.

Resources on the World Wide Web

The Erie Canal: a brief history (Official web page of the New York State Canal System) URL: www.canals.state.ny.us/canals/history/index.html
Two page history of the canal with illustrations and links to other sites.
The Erie Canal Photo Page URL: www.buffnet.net/~psalmons/photos.htm
Lots of color photos of how the Erie Canal looks today.
Erie Canal Chronology URL: www.history.rochester.edu/canal/chron.htm
Four page detailed timeline from 1699 (1st suggestion of a canal) to 1868.
Erie Canal Bibliography URL: www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/
Six page bibliography includes travel accounts as well as engineering, environmental, polital and economic aspects of the canal.
History of The Erie Canal URL: www.history.rochester.edu/canal/
History of the Erie Canal with many additional links to other canal sites.

updated 10/20/2003