A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . region ;and there are several other branches. The Champlain Canal.—Parting fromthe Erie canal at the junction, eightmiles from Albany, this important workcrosses the mouth of the Mohawk, pass-es through Waterford, and along thewest bank of the Hudson, at the foot ofthe hilly range called Behmiss heights,the scene of the battle of Saratoga,crosses it at Millers Falls, to Fort Ed-ward (in the French wars known as theFirst Carrying Place), passes on to Foi tAnn, or t
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . region ;and there are several other branches. The Champlain Canal.—Parting fromthe Erie canal at the junction, eightmiles from Albany, this important workcrosses the mouth of the Mohawk, pass-es through Waterford, and along thewest bank of the Hudson, at the foot ofthe hilly range called Behmiss heights,the scene of the battle of Saratoga,crosses it at Millers Falls, to Fort Ed-ward (in the French wars known as theFirst Carrying Place), passes on to Foi tAnn, or the Second Carrying Place,where it enters Wood Creek, followingit to its mouth at Whatehall (formerlySkeenesborough), at the southern ex-tremity of Lake Champlain. The ele-vation overcome on this route is 150 feet,from which the descent is about 75 feettoward the north : the lake being aboutthat height above the rivers level at Al-bany. The length of the route is about60 miles. The Delavmre and Hudson Canal.—This canal commences at Rondout, andextends to the Delaware river, having DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 159. Cascade Bridge, on the New York and Erie Railroad. been formed for the purpose of bringingcoal to New York city from some of thePennsylvania mines. The Delaware and Hudson canal wasbegun in 1825, and finished in threeyears. It is 108 miles long, and ex-tends from Rondout, 90 miles from NewYork, to Port Jervis, on the Delaware,a distance of 59 miles, then 24 miles upits eastern bank, to Lackawana river,and up that stream 25 miles to Hones-dale. In some places great expensehas been laid out in blastings. A rail-road of 14 miles connects its extremitywith Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Thecanal is from 32 to 36 feet wide, 4 deep,with locks 9 feet by 76, for boats of 25or 30 tons. Railroads.—A continuous line ofrailroads now extends from Albany toBuffalo, with branches, from severalpoints, connecting with the great Massa- chusetts railroad to Boston, and the Hud-
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