When scrolling through YouTube last night in search of Seldom Scene’s rendition of the C&O Canal, I also found this rare treat. Just keep in mind, these are silent, but the scenes of cargo-hauling boats moving along the canal is something that has been lost to the ages. Part III has some great moving imagery of Harper’s Ferry and the arsenal. See if you can catch where they mention Civil War veterans working on the canal in Part I…
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Part III:
Posted in: Digital History, Visualizing History
Dick Stanley
September 16, 2010
Wonder what selection the organist played for these reels?
Robert Moore
September 16, 2010
I was actually trying to figure out an MP3 that I could add to the post. That era of music is easy to find on the Web, and is usually free.
Dick Stanley
September 21, 2010
Thirteen Days on The Erie Canal? If it was thirteen. I forget.
Robert Moore
September 21, 2010
“De Boatman Dance” from 1843 is a pretty cool jug, but on the Ohio River