The Best from American Canals, Vol. VI, Published by the American Canal and Transportation Society, with the articles written by its members; 1993; paperback; 88 pp; ISBN: 0-933788-85-1; 8.5x11; Item #: ACT11

This volume is made up articles originally published in the quarterly periodical, American Canals . The book is also loaded with historic photos and maps.

The following is from the Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• A Visit to Lowell (Shank)
• Lowell Mass: Restoring a City of Canals (Russell)
• New Canal Boat Construction Index)
• Gennessee Valley Canal Chronology (Kipp)
• 1792 Batteau Recreated
• Adirondack Water: Lifeblood of Canals (Kipp)
• National Recreational Trails Fund (Trout)
• Encountering the Champlain (Cassai)
• Pennsylvania Canal Society Tours Paw-Paw Tunnel (Shank)
• Cruising the Waterways by Canoe (Shank)
• Protecting the D&R Canal Park (Amon)
• Joint New York and Penna. Canal Societies Field Trip (Russell)
• Floating Elevator Transfers Grain to Steamer (Trout)
• Trans-Jersey Ship Canal, A Dream Unfulfilled (Russell)
• “Photos From Collection” Book Review (Frankel)
• Mule-Power Force Analysis (Dzombak)
• “Canals of New York State” Book Review (Frankel)
• The Conewago Canal (Thomas)
• Erie Canal Board Game (Dzombak)
• “Story of American Canals” Book Review (Walton)
• Touring the Union and Schuylkill Waterways (Shank)
• British I.W.A. Visits the USA (Squires)
• Glossary of Canal Terms (Droege)
• A Long Stretch of Peace and Quiet (Johnson)
• “Here and Now – Ohio’s Canals” Book Review (Mueller)
• International Canal Conference, Harpers Ferry (Shank)
• “Twenty-Five Mile to Nowhere” Book Review (Porter)
• Reopening of Canal Hinges on Floodwall Gate
• Erie Canal Improvement Board
• The Zoar Feeder and Sidecut (Woods)
• New Book on Alexandria Canal (Trout)
• Defiance: Focal Point of Ohio History (Loomis)
• Muskingum River Navigation Sesquicentennial (Ross)
• Rehabilitation of the Schuylkill (Pa. Canal Society)
• The Keweenaw Waterway, Then and Now (Ross)
• “Marguerite II Work Underway” (CSO Newsletter)
• American Petroleum Industry Born in Pa. Canal (Dzombak)
• Canal Ghosts on the Ohio and Erie (Woods)
• Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition (Turner)
• The Arkansas Traveler Afloat (Ross)
• “Floating West” Book Review (Walton)
• Upper Fox River and Portage Historic Survey (Kleist)
• Cuyahoga Recreation Area (Turner)
• Wabash & Erie Yields Wooden Treasure (Schmidt)
• A Cruise Across Michigan (Ross)
• On the Richelieu & Chambly Canals (Meseck)
• Mississippi River Museum Threatened (Spense)
• Erie Canal guide Published (Kranz)
• Gronauer Lock Update
• Memphis to New Orleans on the Mississippi Queen (Shank)
• C&O Canal Boat Trips (C&O Canal Assn.
• “Spruce Goose Travels Thru’ Willamette Falls Locks (C.E.)
• Illinois & Michigan Canl Book Review
• Louisiana’s B and L Canal (Dzombak)
• Cruising the Canadian Canals (Akers)
• Ottawa Locks of Rideau Canal Refurbished (Russell)
• “Retain, Record, Recover, Restore, Recreate” (Saunders)
• “Across the Sahara by Steamer” (Trbovish)
• New Jerseyans Tour Irish Canals (McKelvey)
• Schuylkill Navigation Book Review (Zimmerman)
• Main-Danube Canal Opens (Shank)
• The Remarkable Corinth Canal (Russell)
• Canadian Happenings (Phair)
• Japan’s Biwa Canal – All Purpose Utilization (Thompson)
• Journey on the Douro River in Portugal (Squires)
• Romance on an English Cut (Saunders)
• Montech Water Slope Revisited (Squires)
• Index