The Things They Carried - Bolivar, Syracuse, New York
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 43° 04.256 W 075° 53.371
18T E 427579 N 4769075
This sign is on the towpath of the old Erie Canal which is now a bicycle and hiking path.
Waymark Code: WM10RCK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member monkeys4ever
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text: "The Things They Carried Packed with People Packet boats transported people. Each passenger was assigned a cramped sleeping quarter. Men's and women's quarters were separated by a curtain. The men's quarters doubled as the dining room and saloon during the day. Boat owners tried to pack as many people into the boat as possible, allowing them to charge less than a stagecoach."
"Freight-full Freighters transported a variety of raw materials and manufactured goods along the canal. A fully covered boat called a bullhead protected cargo that needed to stay dry like flour and grain. The uncovered deck skows transported goods like lumber and coal, which could be moved without protection from weather. Raw materials often traveled east towards Albany while manufactured goods typically traveled westward."
"Business Savy Boat Lines Line boats worked much like a bus or rail line today. Line companies stationed teams of mules in barnes along the canal. Working mules simply switched with rested ones at the designated stop. The cabin space that would have been used for mules became available to human passengers who could not afford the packet boat fare. Carrying both cargo and people was very prifitable, and in the middle of the nineteenth century line boats made up 50% of the vessels on the canal."
Group that erected the marker: New York State

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Old Erie Canal
Bolivar, Syracuse, NY US
13037


URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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