Surprisingly, New York state is redeveloping its canal waterways as part
of a federal project. I say surprisingly, becaause NY is, IMO, not very
foreward thinking in solving its problems of re-inventing itself as a
place where business and people can flouirsh. We suffer a very high
taxation rate, especially property taxes. I laugh when people around
here talk about the "high taxes" in Canada... as the Canadian and
Ontario economies move forward while NYS whithers. Here's an article
from today's edition of the local paper:
<http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050724/NEWS01/507240359>
Note that the photos are by a staff photographer whose surname is von
Voigtlander. Nice touch.
Earl
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>The UK canal system is more extensive than I thought. I have always
>been struck by the difference in the treatment of the canals between the
>US and other countries. The US had many canals before the advent of
>railroads but these died off and lands were sold and filled in not long
>after the iron horse made its debut. It's ironic that, at least in the
>case of the Middlesex Canal that ran from Boston to the Merrimack River
>at Lowell, Mass. <http://www.winchestermass.org/images/canal9.gif> the
>canal boats carried the rails and ties to build the railroads that would
>eventually do them in.
>
>So, why do UK canals still operate while in the US there are nothing but
>small vestiges left? And, if anything is still operational, it's likely
>part of the park system or, in a few cases, part of the government
>supported inland waterway system. Did the government in the UK build
>and operate these canals either from the beginning or take over
>operations from private parties once railroads made canal operation
>unprofitable? In the US most canals were built with private money and
>the system collapsed with the advent of the railroads.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>Simon Worby wrote:
>
>
>
>>Found this for those really interested.
>>
>>http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/Inland-Waterways-of-England.html
>>
>>
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