All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American
canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a
transportation network that was vital to the development of the new
nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain
trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania
coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what
seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns
and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation
brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American
canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic
figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects
that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.
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