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		A feeder canal provided water from the Chemung River, and it allowed boats to travel from Corning, N.Y. to link up with the main canal at Horseheads, N.Y. The Chemung Canal closed for good in 1878 as railroads and costly repairs to the canal destroyed the canal's business.
		It provided a waterway from the Chemung River in Elmira, N.Y. to Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Steamboats towed the canal boats north to Geneva where they locked into the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, and then into the Erie Canal.
		This is a painting of the Chemung Canal in
	chemungcanal.netfirms.com (169 words)

	History of Big Flats The Chemung and Feeder Canals
		The Chemung County Historical Society has a book dated 1863 which lists all the canal boats in use in New York State: the name, type, sometimes the owner, and how much they were worth.
		The idea to build a canal connecting Seneca Lake and the Chemung River was first suggested by General Sullivan when he was chasing Indians down Catherine Creek in 1779.
		These were called Chemung Scows and were built for others as well as for the Chemung Canal.
	www.bigflatsny.gov /history/canals.html (2843 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter XXI, The Junction Canal.
		In 1846 the Junction Canal Company was incorporated for the purpose of constructing a navigable communication to unite the canal systems of the States of New York and Pennsylvania, the waterway to extend from the Chemung canal at Elmira to the northern terminus of the North Branch canal at Athens, Bradford county, Pennsylvania.
		Interest in the proposed canal was intensified by the action of the Pennsylvania Senate in appointing a committee to confer with the authorities of New York State concerning the building of a waterway from either the Chemung or Chenango canals to connect with their systems.
		Then quickly followed the work of construction all along the route, and the main portion of the canal was completed in 1854, the waterway extending about eighteen miles along the north side of the Chemung river, affording slack-water navigation except at points where the river was obstructed by rapids and narrows.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap21.html (2843 words)

	NYNY 1810-1814
		Canal engineer James Geddes surveys a route for a possible Chemung Canal, reports to the state canal** commissioners.
		Aboard the flagship USS Madison, newly-appointed Zebulon Pike writes to his wife, instructing her what to do if should be killed.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/NYNY1810.html (2843 words)

	Chronology - Chemung Canal.
		Chapter 227 – Junction canal to be connected with Chemung.
		Lock at intersection of canal and Chemung river completed and brought into use.
		Chapter 236 – Surveys to be made from Seneca lake to Chemung river.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chron05.html (1306 words)

	Pages in the History of Elmira The Underground Railroad in Elmira's Past
		With the construction of the Chemung Canal between the Chemung River and Seneca Lake in 1833 and the completion of railroad lines in 1850, Elmira had major connections with much of New York and Pennsylvania.
		According to a July 16, 1986 article in the Niagara Gazette, Elmira became a growing transportation center in the mid-19th century as railroads came into the city and use of the Chemung Canal increased...
		Elmira is at the center of several river valleys, which have always been the basis for transportation routes.
	www.ci.elmira.ny.us /history/underground_railroad.html (639 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter XVIII, The Chenango Canal Extension.
		The North Branch canal is inland for several miles below and opposite the village, and is on the west side of the Chemung river.
		The termination of the Chenango canal in Binghamton was at the junction of the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers.
		To continue the canal along the north side of the Susquehanna, the crossing of the Chenango became necessary and two plans were devised to accomplish this; one by carrying the canal over on an aqueduct, the other by building a dam across the river to afford sufficient depth for floating boats.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap18.html (639 words)

	USS Canisteo AO-99
		An assignment to occupation duty in the Far East found Chemung circumnavigating the globe as she cleared Norfolk 18 July 1945, passed through the Panama Canal for service at Okinawa 17 September to 13 October, and returned by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Norfolk 6 December.
		The second Chemung AO-30 was launched 9 September 1939 as Esso Annapolis by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Md., under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Miss Howard; acquired by the Navy 5 June 1941, and commissioned 3 July 1941, Commander E. Spellman in command.
		From 15 February 1943 to 11 June 1945 Chemung alternated five convoy voyages to United Kingdom ports and five to North Africa with coast-wise and Caribbean cargo duty and station duty at Bermuda and in the Azores.
	www.navyhistory.com /oiler/Chemung.html (639 words)

	Chapter 14: The Chemung Canal
		In 1858 the Chemung canal was connected, by the completion of the Junction canal, with the entire system of canals in Pennsylvania, thus enabling the people to reach by canal the vast deposits of both anthracite and bituminous coal in that state.
		In 1838, the Assembly received- petitions from inhabitants of Steuben county, praying that the Chemung canal feeder be extended to a point at or near the junction of the Oohocton and Tioga rivers, or that a company be chartered for that purpose.
		The Chemung River rose to a height of more than ten feet over the dam; the waters broke around the dam and effected a large breach in the south embankment; the water undermined and threw down the lower half of the south abutment, and ran over the stone work at the head of the guard-lock.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/old1906/chapter14.htm (7599 words)

	World Canals 1870-1879
		A state investigating commission recommends abandoning the Chemung Canal.
		The Seneca River Towing Path of the New York State Barge Canal, connecting Mud Lock on the Oswego Canal to the outlet of Onondaga Lake, is discontinued.
		Navigation on the Erie Canal is held up at lock 6 in Watervliet for 72 hours when a weak foundation under the lock, gives way.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/Canal1870.html (7599 words)

	Articles - Elmira, New York
		The city was the southern terminus of the Chemung Canal.
		The settlement of Newtown was soon established at the junction of Newtown Creek and the Chemung River.
		Elmira is built almost entirely in the flood plain of the Chemung River and has suffered many floods over its history, the worst from Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Elmira,_New_York (974 words)

	Thomas William Dare
		On the night of 22 August as she was investigating a collision between U.S. destroyer Buck and a merchant vessel, Ingraham collided with the tanker Chemung.
		MACHINIST SECOND CLASS THOMAS WILLIAM DARE was lost in the sinking of destroyer USS Ingraham DD-444, which was sunk after a collision with tanker USS CHEMUNG AO-30 in dense fog off Nova Scotia on August 22, 1942.
		Under constant threat from German U-boats, Ingraham continued her escort duty to Europe and as far south as the Panama Canal.
	www.dvrbs.com /VoorheesA0W-WW2-ThomasWilliamDare.htm (974 words)

	Chemung Co, N. Y. 1853, Chenango Canal, Chenango Valley Tales, Cherries, Cherries of New York Report Of, Cherry Ames Army Nurse, Cherry Ames Chief N
		Chemung Co, N. 1853, Chenango Canal, Chenango Valley Tales, Cherries, Cherries of New York Report Of, Cherry Ames Army Nurse, Cherry Ames Chief N
	www.riverow.com /000171.htm (974 words)

	Broder's Rare and Used Books
		The plans areshow Timber Locks, Chemung Canal; Road Bridge, Erie Canal; Seneca River Aqueduct; Whipple's Patent Arch Truss Bridge (2 plates); Whipple's Trapezoidal Truss; Plan of Dam and Bulk Head; Enlarged double Locks; Road and Farm..
		Profusely illustrated with photos of the era and maps of tours through Connecticut in the 1930's.
		Large folding map of the state and 15 folding maps.
	members.aol.com /bookssss/americana_books.html (974 words)

	SRBC Calendar of Events
		Pennsylvania Main Line Canal presentation at Columbia Library, Columbia, Pa.
		The Otesaga Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown, N.Y. How to Conduct a Streamside Cleanup presentation at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County, Elmira, N.Y. Riverman presentation at Tioga County River Paddle, Owego, N.Y. History and Geography of the Susquehanna River Basin to Elizabethtown Historical Society, Elizabethtown, Pa.
	www.srbc.net /calevents.htm (236 words)

	Schuyler County Recycling - Teachers & Club Leaders
		Most of the trail is on portions of abandoned Northern Central Railroad and Chemung Canal towpath corridors in New York's Finger Lakes region.
		Container Recycling Institute is a nonprofit organization that studies and promotes policies and practices that shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers.
		By experimenting with material made from recycled athletic shoes, students studying recycling, are challenged to create their most effective recycled product, and discover the benefits of a sustainable environment.
	counties.cce.cornell.edu /schuyler/recycle/teachers_clubs.htm (4296 words)

	montour
		The Chemung Canal has a 35 year history of commerce between Watkins Glen at the southern end of Seneca Lake to the Chemung River at Elmira.
		Montour Falls, NY - Located at the southern most extreme of the New York Canal System.
		To the date of its final closing in 1878, the canal was abandoned in stages over its last few years of operation.
	home.stny.rr.com /nyscanals/montour.htm (158 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter XIV, The Chemung Canal.
		However, from figures compiled in 1829 by the chairman of the Assembly committee on canals, the commissioners estimated the annual revenue at $22,000.
		Their persistent labors were rewarded at last, and an act (chapter 135) was passed on April 15 authorizing the canal commissioners to construct the canal on the route suggested by Mr.
		Hutchinson’s estimate placed the aggregate cost of both canal and feeder, exclusive of damages, at $331,125.00, and this included an allowance of twelve per cent, two per cent more than the usual allowance.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap14.html (158 words)

	Friends of the Catharine Valley Trail
		Most of the trail is on portions of abandoned Northern Central Railroad and Chemung Canal towpath corridors in New York's Finger Lakes region.
		The Friends of the Catharine Valley Trail foster a public, multi-use trail and natural corridor along the abandoned Chemung Canal and railroad system.
		The trail spans Schuyler and Chemung counties, passing through the communities of Watkins Glen, Montour Falls, Millport, and Pine Valley to Horseheads.
	www.cvtfriends.elmirampo.org (158 words)

	The History of New York State, Book X, Chapter V
		As was usual, the canals and railroads were principal factors in the later development of the county, the Chemung Canal being the most important, whose opening was celebrated with impressive ceremonies upon its completion in 1832.
		CHAPTER V. Chemung County, as well as the river of the same name, get their titles from the Seneca for "Big Horn." Although now one of the best known counties of the southern tier of New York, it was not until 1779 that anyone but the Indians knew much about it.
		Sheep had already been introduced, and woolen mills were to be found in all parts of Chemung.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/state/his/bk10/ch5.html (3012 words)

	Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen schedule
		Chemung Canal Concours díElegance Buffet Lunch at Watkins Glen State Park
		Chemung Canal Concours díElegance judging begins, Watkins Glen State Park
		Concours d'Elegance begins at Watkins Glen State Park
	www.grandprixfestival.com /schedule.html (3012 words)

	ChemungTownship History from 1885 Outline ...
		John G. McDowell, of Chemung, son of Captain Daniel McDowell, was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, for Tioga county, in 1821, elected to the assembly in 1829, senator in 1831, was the first president of the Chemung Canal Bank, and was appointed a commissioner of loans, by Gov. W.
		--The soldiers of the revolutionary was who were pioneers in Chemung, were: Major William Wynkoop, Sergeant Elijah Buck, Captain Daniel McDowell, Israel Parshall, Thomas Keeney, Jacob Kress, Waterman Baldwin, Thomas Baldwin, Samuel Beidleman, Moses Depue.
		William M. Pearn was the first resident minister.
	www.rootsweb.com /~srgp/outline/chemout.htm (1113 words)

	Schuyler County Planning and Community Development
		The Catharine Valley Trail follows the remnants of the Chemung Canal and the abandoned Northern Central Railroad bed from the Village of Watkins Glen in Schuyler County to the Village of Horseheads in Chemung County.
		Together with the Schuyler County Soil and Water District and the Schuyler County Real Property Tax Service Agency, we are working towards integrating the existing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) infrastructure in Schuyler County, and expanding our capacity to provide GIS services to support planning, community, and economic development in Schuyler County.
		Schuyler County has designated the period from January 15th to February 15th of every year as the petition period.
	www.cce.cornell.edu /schuyler/planning (778 words)

	Rail Road Page 3
		The first railroad in New York began operation just six years after the completion of the Erie Canal and while the Chemung Canal was under construction.
		One of the investors in the first New York railroad, the Mohawk and Hudson, was Erastus Corning.
		Corning became the scene of smaller railroad lines busily weaving webs of tracks connecting the major trunk line to smaller communities.
	www.corningny.com /content/history/html/rail_road-3.html (778 words)

	About Elmira Transportation
		The Airport provides many services found at major airports including rental cars, an ATM (operated by Chemung Canal Trust Company), restaurant, business center and conference room, and taxi service.
		Chemung County Transit also provides service from the Transportation Center in Downtown Elmira to the Airport via the Grand Central Bus (leaving every 30 minutes past the hour) or the Mall Express Bus (leaving every hour on the hour) with a transfer at the Arnot Mall to the Corning/Bath bus to the Airport.
		The Elmira-Corning Regional Airport is located in the nearby Town of Big Flats, just off Exit 50 from Interstate 86/Route 17.
	www.ci.elmira.ny.us /about/transportation.html (434 words)

	Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area
		Once navigable into what is now Montour Falls, the waters of Catharine Creek still feed a remnant section of the Chemung Barge Canal, which runs through the center of the marsh.
		This canal, critical to local industrial development, connected this portion of southern New York to the entire east coast.
		Sedimentation and manipulation of the lake level has led to the formation of a 1,000 acre marsh complex.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/reg8/wma/cathcrk.html (434 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter XIV, The Chemung Canal.
		In 1838, the Assembly received petitions from inhabitants of Steuben county, praying that the Chemung canal feeder be extended to a point at or near the junction of the Cohocton and Tioga rivers, or that a company be chartered for that purpose.
		The work of enlargement on the Cayuga and Seneca canal had so increased the channel of Seneca river as to permit a greater flow of water from the lake and a consequent reduction of its surface, so that there was scarcely four feet of water upon the miter-sill during a dry season.
		The feeder was to be built from the summit level to the Chimney Narrows, on the Chemung river in the town of Painted Post, and was to be made navigable.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap14.html (434 words)

	New York State Railroads
		The road was allowed to connect with the Chemung Railroad at Jefferson, and to change its name Sept. 11th, 1852, to Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad; it subsequently became a part of the New York Central system.
		By railroad, he argued, the communication between the same points could be made in winter and summer in three hours at no greater cost than by canal, paying for sixteen instead of twenty-eight miles.
		It was leased to the Western (Mass.) Railroad, Nov. 18, 1841, for the term of its charter, and later was operated as a part of that road, including the ferry at Albany.
	www.geocities.com /k_kinlock/NewYorkStateRailroads.htm (434 words)

	Parks and Recreation
		Most of the trail is on portions of abandoned Northern Central Railroad and Chemung Canal towpath corridors in New York's Finger Lakes region.
		Layfayette Park, located on the corner of Decatur and 4th Streets in the Village of Watkins Glen, is home to the popular outdoor summer concert series Concerts in The Park.
		A parking area and boat launch is provided for the convenience of area visitors, which also provides access to the two lakes where excellent fishing opportunities exist.
	schuylerny.com /main.asp?ID=14 (2835 words)

	Watkins Glen, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Watkins Glen was the northern terminus of the Chemung Canal.
		The Village of Watkins Glen lies on the border of the Towns of Dix and Montour.
		Located on the south end of Seneca Lake, Watkins Glen is the site of scenic Watkins Glen State Park, but is probably best known for its role in auto racing, being the home of a famous racetrack, Watkins Glen International, and a historic race, the Watkins Glen Grand Prix.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watkins_Glen,_New_York (646 words)

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