Fritz Wetherbee: Steamboat Around the Canal at Bellows Falls
The canal was 25 feet wide, the steamer was 35 feet wide, guess what? I will tell you the story
IN AMERICA WAS THE MIDDLESEX CHANNEL. THIS CANAL OPENED IN 1803. THIS CANAL YOU SEE BEHIND ME HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR. THIS CHANNEL HAD BEEN IN OPERATION SEVEN YEARS PRIOR TO THAT. THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825. 23 YEARS AFTER THIS CANAL WAS IN USE. THIS IS THE BELLOWS FALLS CANAL ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM WALPOLE NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS CANAL GOES AROUND THE SO-CALLED GREAT FALLS WHICH GIVE ITS NAME TO THE CITY. THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER ANCIENT ANTHHIS IN THE UNITED STATES. ONE IS IN SOUTH HADLEY AND THE OTHER IN MASSACHUSETTS. A BRITISH CAMP HE FINANCED THE CALNA. STARTTE IN 1791, BUT TOOK 11 YEARS TO COMPLETE. FOR 60 YEARS THE CANAL HAS BEEN USED. RIVER BOATS ON THE RIVER. THE RAILWAY HAS CAUSED DEATH. 1831 A GREAT STEAM-POWER. THE RIVER BOAT HAS ARRIVED HERE. HE WAS GOING TO GO NORTH ON THE RIVER. THEY WERE JUST EXPLORING TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET GOODS AND PELEOP UPWARD. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CANAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THE CANAL WAS TOO NARROW TO ACCEPT THE HUGE BOAT SO WD ORWENT THEY NEEDED OXENS SO THEY GOT EIGHT TEAMSF O OXENS THEY TOWED THE BOAT OUT WATER AND WENT THROUGH THE SQUARE AND PUT IT IN THE RIVER HERE. HE CONTINUED HIS EXPLORATION. THE NEXT CHANNEL WAS IN HEARTLAND. THEY JUST TURNED BACK AND BACK HERE AND PULLED THE BOAT ACROSS THE TN AND WENT BACK TO HARTFORD, NEVER AGAIN TO VISIBET LLSOW FALLS. THEY MADE SOME OERTH BOATS OUT –OW TA COUPLE OTHER BOATS OUT. NOW THE CHANNEL IS ONLY USED FOR WA
Fritz Wetherbee: Steamboat Around the Canal at Bellows Falls
The canal was 25 feet wide, the steamer was 35 feet wide, guess what? I will tell you the story
Updated: 8:30 a.m. EST January 4, 2022
The canal was 25 feet wide, the steamer was 35 feet wide, guess what? I will tell you the story
The canal was 25 feet wide, the steamer was 35 feet wide, guess what? I will tell you the story
