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The 90-minute, 5-mile guided tour will take cyclists through Syracuse landmarks related to the Erie Canal, which is ...
The Erie Canal Museum is hosting a guided tour July 24, that offers a unique blend of history, outdoor activity, and local flavor.
Canal-Barge-Company News: Canal Barge Towboat Repowered, Dredging: Keeping The Mississippi Open, Getting The Work Right: Coordinating Money, Time And Big. Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Where to see the barge on the Erie Canal near Rochester. Wayne County. Lock E27 Lyons: Already through. Port of Newark and T. Spencer Knight Park: Already through. Port of Palmyra: Docked for the day.
Toxic pollutants beneath the Pine Street Barge Canal appear to be mostly corralled and tamed — so far. Off-bounds to casual visitors, the heavily polluted site retains some of its pre-industrial ...
The polluted old barge canal in Burlington's South End is again drawing attention. Recently a group formed in order to protest the potential of development at the Pine Street Barge Canal site ...
Progress of New York's State Barge Canal. By Nobel E. Whitford. On supporting science journalism. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing.
The Barge Canal once hosted a coal gasification plant, which extracted gas from coal to light the city’s streetlamps, and toxic byproducts were dumped into the ground.
Contractors have come up with a plan to recover the larger barge left stranded in the Potomac Dam No. 3 above Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The removal process is set to start sometime this week ...
After three years of behind-the-scenes planning, trash hauler LRS scraps an idea to send waste down to Central Illinois from the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
A dam on a portion of the Ohio River in Kentucky was closed after 10 of 11 barges detached from a towing vessel at around 2 a.m. Tuesday.