The Best from American Canals, Vol. VII, Published by the American Canal and Transportation Society, with the articles written by its members; 1996; paperback; 88 pp; ISBN: 0-933788-86-X; 8.5x11; Item #: ACT12

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
• Columbia & Snake River Adventure
• Tampaulipas – Texas Barge Canal
• Tainter Gates
• Middlesex Canal Poster
• Apalachicola – Chattahoochee – Flint Waterway
• Abraham Lincoln & the I&M Canal
• Passenger Packets on the Ohio & Erie Canal
• Circular Chambers on the Canal du Midi
• Sunken French Train in Gatun Lake
• Canal Telegraph Line
• Canal Boat W.C.
• Canal Soc. Of N.Y.S. Hosts D&H Canal Tour
• “Canal Boat to Freedom”
• Robert Legget 1904-1994
• C&O Canal & the Civil War
• Morris Canal Accident
• Steam Tug Trapped
• The Seaway – After 35 Years
• The Hennepin – Ronald Reagan’s Canal
• International Historic Canals Conference
• New Canal Boat Launched in Easton
• Canal Park Proposed
• Steam & Pleasure Boats Invade D&R Canal
• Brownsville Museum
• The Other Lock at Schuylerville
• Water Level Control on the Ohio & Erie
• Union Canal Designated Historic Landmark
• Blackstone Canal Conservancy
• The Black River Canal
• Trials & Tribulations – Canal Boat Vs. Steam Boat
• New Canal Boat at Metroparks – Toledo
• The Green River of Kentucky
• N.Y. State’s Working Lock Model
• With the Shakers on the Erie Canal
• Canalabration in the Maumee Valley
• 1834 Riots on the C&O Canal
• Guillotines & Elevator Shaft Locks
• Canal Way Trail – Albany to Buffalo
• P.C.S. Tours Lehigh Gorge & Ashley Planes
• Big Year for the Seaway
• Corps of Engineers & West Point
• New Chenango Canal Book
• Erie Canal Tolls Return
• Canal Lock Disasters
• Vertical Canalling
• International Canal Conference
• Ohio River Guide Book
• 1995 Quimby’s Cruising Guide Available
• Pennsylvanians Tour Morris Canal
• “Jersey Devil” Sighted in Bristol
• Dredging Will Open Up Erie Canal
• “American Queen” Maiden Voyage
• C.S.N.J. Tours Chenango & Erie Canals
• Trials & Tribulations – Collision on Chicago River
• Conference at Schubenacadie Canal
• Navigable Canals Committee Report
• Red Sea – Dead Sea Canal
• Environmental Corner
• Waterways Map of Europe
• Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Study
• C.S.N.J. Cruises Canal du Midi
• Mules
• Erie Canal Book
• Penna “Main Line” Picture Book
• Robert Fulton – Canal Delineator
• Winston Churchill Canal Fellowship
• Caledonia Canal Twins with Rideau
• Quimby’s 1993 Guide Available
• Old St. Lawrence Canals
• National Canal Museum
• Sandy & Beaver Canal Book
• 1994 – The golden Year for Irish Canals
• 1994 International Conference – Historic Canals
• 1996 World Canal Conference – Birmingham, England
• New Book on Potomac Cement Mills
• Anderton to Lift Again
• Erie Canal Museum at Lockport
• Historic Photo – English Narrow Boat
• Navigable Canals Committee Report
• Moscow to St. Petersburg by Boat
• Traffic Lights of New Main – Danube Canal
• I&M Historic Map Available
• James Brindley and the Early Canals
• Index