http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_277120920.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_277120920.html Beginning with the openings of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal, loud voices called for action on proposals to build additional feeder canals that would tie into Clinton’s Ditch. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_270182744.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_270182744.html The history of the building of the Erie Canal is full of stories about amazing obstacles and how necessity became the "mother of invention" in order to accomplish the task. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_263122939.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_263122939.html Today’s modern interstate highways create a safe and speedy access route for westward travel. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_256123508.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_256123508.html In the 19th century, the Erie Canal carried hundreds of thousands of European immigrants into the heartland of America. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_249152009.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_249152009.html The Erie Canal Harbor in Buffalo received a “facelift” and is celebrating its new rebirth. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_235100211.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_235100211.html Some of the most interesting stories of the Erie Canal tell of the hand-to-hand combat that took place along the canal. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_228103242.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_228103242.html Last week we looked at some of the Erie Canal wisdom of Marvin Rapp, author of “Canal Water and Whiskey.” Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_221122032.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_221122032.html One great source of Erie Canal wisdom is the writings of Marvin Rapp, a canal-lore enthusiast who penned, “Canal Water and Whiskey.” Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_214141446.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_214141446.html Life on the Erie Canal represented a way of life, all its own. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_207134556.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_207134556.html Nathan Roberts looked on the massive rock wall in Niagara County around 1820 and knew that the topography defied conventional wisdom concerning the construction of the Erie Canal. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_200131104.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_200131104.html Nathan S. Roberts is a name synonymous with Lockport and the Erie Canal. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_193142221.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_193142221.html To the weary Erie Canal traveler, Buffalo must have seemed like the end of the world. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_185144323.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_185144323.html The Erie Canal brought with it many new ideas, and sometimes, even new books. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_179130308.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_179130308.html There was one boat that had priority over all other boats on the Erie Canal, even the packet boats, in the same way that a fire engine had priority on land. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_172132913.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/canaldiscovery/local_story_172132913.html While New York State studied the need for expanding the Erie Canal in the mid-1800s, there were loud voices calling for action on proposals to build additional feeder canals that would tie into Clinton's Ditch.