The Best from American Canals, Vol. VIII, Published by the American Canal and Transportation Society, with the articles written by its members; 1998; paperback; 88 pp; ISBN: 0-933788-87-8; 8.5x11; Item #: ACT13

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
• The Panama Canal
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• CSNYS – Explores Genessee & Erie Canals Part I
• Canal Archeology in Indiana
• New Erie Canal Book
• “The Comeback Canal”
• We Can Rebuild the Canal
• CSNYS – Spring Field Trip – Part II
• 1995 International Conference on Canals
• CSNYS – Spring Field Trip – Part III
• 1996 Quimby’s Cruising Guide Available
• Arden Phair Resigns
• Gowanus Canal
• Lehigh Navigation
• Butty Boats
• Accident on Wabash & Erie
• Erie Canal Restoration
• Mules on the Erie Canal
• New Stern Wheeler
• Locks Rebuilt on the Illinois Waterway
• Florida Lock & Dams
• ACS Now on Internet
• National Canal Museum Opens
• President’s Message, World Canal Conference
• Susquehanna River to be Dammed Again
• New President
• The 500 Locks
• Wabash & Erie Canal Notebook
• Americans on the French Canals
• Towpaths to Trails
• Up the Canal to the Mountains
• “The Nail Makers” (New Book)
• “The Artificial River” (New Book)
• Why Was It Called the “Main Line”?
• Washington City Canal
• “Home on the Canal” (New Book)
• South Hadley Canal Exhibit
• Construction Days on the Wabash & Erie
• Burtniak, New Director for Canada
• Farmington Canal Exhibit
• New Canal Map Available
• The Old Union Canal
• Middlesex Canal Publications
• The Venice of America (California)
• “When Horses Pulled Boats” – Part I
• WHPB Also Available in Book Form
• Alvin Fay Harlow
• Venice Florida
• America Canal & Transportation Center
• Innkeeper Afloat
• “When Horses Pulled Boats” – Part II
• “Drivers Guide to the Welland Canal” (New Book)
• President’s Message
• New Editor
• Wrecks on the I&M Canal
• Canal Boat Wedding
• Message From England
• First Iron Warship – Lake Erie
• President’s Message
• New Editor’s Message
• Venice, USA
• Bumper Sticker
• Narrow Lock, Wide Boat
• European River Cruise
• The Warwickshire Ring – Part I
• Wanted – Boatman’s 18th Century Horn
• Canal Octoberfest
• Canals & Elderhostels
• U.S. Canal Engineering
• Roscoe Village in the News
• Indentured Labor on the C&O
• The C& O Destruction and Recovery
• President’s Message
• Canals, Steamboats, Railways & Trams
• PA Canal Society Tours Union Canal
• Happy Anniversary A.C.S. & W.C.C.
• Boxing Alabama
• The Warwickshire Ring – Part II
• Global Positioning for Map Making
• Index
• The American Canal Society