A series of fourteen essays proposing its establishment was authored by Jesse Hawley, and the first resolution to do so was introduced by Joshua Forman in the State Assembly, leading to a report on its feasibility being prepared by James Geddes. The head of the project was Benjamin Wright, and key members of its overseeing commission included Thoma
A series of fourteen essays proposing its establishment was authored by Jesse Hawley, and the first resolution to do so was introduced by Joshua Forman in the State Assembly, leading to a report on its feasibility being prepared by James Geddes. The head of the project was Benjamin Wright, and key members of its overseeing commission included Thomas Eddy, Simeon de Witt, and Gouverneur Morris. Its most zealous supporter was opposed by a faction called the Bucktails, and memorably emptied a keg to celebrate the completion of this structure, which became the subject of the nostalgic song "Low Bridge" when it was expanded and replaced by the Barge system. FTP, DeWitt Clinton championed the building of what waterway connecting Albany to Buffalo?
A series of fourteen essays proposing its establishment was authored by Jesse Hawley, and the first resolution to do so was introduced by Joshua Forman in the State Assembly, leading to a report on its feasibility being prepared by James Geddes.
{Erie Canal}