History of the Lumber Industry of America, Volume 2American lumberman, 1907 - Lumbering |
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... CANAL ( 409 ) -THE LUMBER DISTRICT ( 409 ) -PERSONNEL OF ALBANY TRADE ( 411 ) -CHANGES IN TRADE ( 413 ) -PRICES OF WHITE PINE ( 417 ) -RECEIPTS OF LUMBER ( 418 ) -ALBANY INSPECTION ( 420 ) . CHAPTER XXV . CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK ...
... CANAL ( 409 ) -THE LUMBER DISTRICT ( 409 ) -PERSONNEL OF ALBANY TRADE ( 411 ) -CHANGES IN TRADE ( 413 ) -PRICES OF WHITE PINE ( 417 ) -RECEIPTS OF LUMBER ( 418 ) -ALBANY INSPECTION ( 420 ) . CHAPTER XXV . CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK ...
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... Canal and the perfecting of the water communications with New York , the trade in lumber shifted its direction to the south , and they who had rafted lum- ber to Quebec now took it in the same manner to New York and other markets on the ...
... Canal and the perfecting of the water communications with New York , the trade in lumber shifted its direction to the south , and they who had rafted lum- ber to Quebec now took it in the same manner to New York and other markets on the ...
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... Canal . They were constructed wide and flat , like a canal boat , and thus had a larger capacity to hold lumber than they appeared to have when seen at a little distance . It was not an uncommon sight to see ten of these barges in tow ...
... Canal . They were constructed wide and flat , like a canal boat , and thus had a larger capacity to hold lumber than they appeared to have when seen at a little distance . It was not an uncommon sight to see ten of these barges in tow ...
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... in sloops of eighty or 100 tons to be afterward exported in great part to Europe , the West Indies and the southern states . " The opening of the Champlain and the Hudson canals gave VERMONT - TRADE AND STATISTICS . 169.
... in sloops of eighty or 100 tons to be afterward exported in great part to Europe , the West Indies and the southern states . " The opening of the Champlain and the Hudson canals gave VERMONT - TRADE AND STATISTICS . 169.
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James Elliott Defebaugh. The opening of the Champlain and the Hudson canals gave an oppor- tunity for the timber of ... Canal would admit to Lake Champlain from the north barges larger than those which could pass from Lake Champlain to ...
James Elliott Defebaugh. The opening of the Champlain and the Hudson canals gave an oppor- tunity for the timber of ... Canal would admit to Lake Champlain from the north barges larger than those which could pass from Lake Champlain to ...
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