A steam-powered cargo boat, a tugboat that traveled the Great Lakes, a railroad barge, and a replica of the Independence, a packet boat built for the Erie Canal Village in Rome, New York, inspired ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A model replica of the historic Erie Canal boat the “Seneca Chief” is on display at the Hudson Valley Maritime Museum, according to a statement released Friday. The model boat, built ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...

EASTON — Near the approach to the Locktender’s House, passengers aboard the Josiah White II were momentarily startled Saturday by the sound of a loud horn emanating from the stern of the canal boat.

Morris Canal Inclined Plane 6 East in Rockaway Sept 2, 1906 photographed by Olin Vough. (Courtesy of the Roxbury Historical Society) On Monday, Sept. 14, visit Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in ...

A new exhibit at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. takes visitors back in time to when Lake Champlain, and canals, were key to America’s early industrial boom. “Underwater ...

2024 has been a remarkable year as we look forward to celebrating the upcoming 200th anniversary of the completion of building the Erie Canal. The central theme for this next year’s celebration ...

BUCKHORN -- Few people make history come alive like Herman Jones. From restoring old railcars to constructing model donkey gins, the 71-year-old Columbia County man has given new life to the iron ...

A small item in an old newspaper brought a big smile to Mark Fedorka's face. Fedorka said the few sentences shed some light on his grandfather, the late J.P. Mose, and the days he spent working on the ...