Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Enlarged Erie Canal Locks #26 & #27 east of Amsterdam, NY and "hoodledasher"

Now that Google has fixed the search function, I'm finding duplicates. The newer version won.



Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor posted
“Canawlers” (or “canallers”), people who lived and worked along the Erie Canal, developed a vocabulary which included many unique words and expressions. The term hoodledasher is one example. What is a hoodledasher? Empty canal boats tied to a loaded boat, which were pulled by a single team of mules. #tbt #ThrowbackThursday
📸: Hoodledasher in Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 27, c. 1905 courtesy of the Canal Society of New York State

The other red marker is the Barge Canal Lock #10 and Dam #6.
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