After the paper mill shut down me and my buddies used to drive all the way from Rome to exsplore it and it was worth it. It looked like they just got up and left I found a beer chip in one of the lockers to a bar in Rome that’s still open I find that very interesting

Hi Dave. I just happened upon this documentary. I was extremely pleased to see the excellent job that you did with this topic. I'm glad that you were as objective as you were. Without bringing in a lot of provincial prejudices. Absolutely excellent!

What a fabulous documentary....NY State .. amazing history thx

That is so cool that you had a person that actually was there. Very valuable information that will be lost.

Fascinating history of the Black River Canal. I have travelled through this area many times and was unaware of this history. Now I have an appreciation of the accomplishments of those times and am thankful for the efforts put forth to immortalize that history.

Thank you for a simply wonderful documentary

What a beautiful and well made documentary!! Very well thought out and classy in and out. A must!!

Marvellous!! Thank you!!

The canal was a big deal for Boonville and north, but my experience with it was in Rome, living on Wright Settlement Rd near Ridge Mills. We played under the bridge over both the Mohawk and the remains of the canal. Also in the ruins of the mill that pumped water from the river to a the city reservoir nearby (was this one of the 'Ridge Mills'? what were the others?). I was selfishly hoping the film would describe more of the scene of the canal on Rome, but wow, what an awesome accomplishment.

Great story... good job.

Thank You! I'm Very interested (in my fifties), of local/county/state history. Watched a movie on Lumber Barons, of the early 20th century. Fascinating. Not like today where they have pick-ups, tractor trailers, chain saws. Everday, back then, was tortuous, painful, and dangerous.

In Europe, especially England, there has been an ongoing effort to preserve their extensive canal system. This has resulted in a much tourism. A large number of people now own canal boats and travel on these canals.

We have a canal and tow path ending in the city I live in, starting in Chicago. It was built to link the great lakes , Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.

Well done

nice work! Thanks.

51:44 not "five separate locks". They were called combine locks because the lower gate of one was the upper gate of the next. You can see this in the image because each of the lock levels only has one lock gate.

I always camped and hand out beside the Hocking canal. When I was 18 it really didn't mean much. It was cool but had no idea the work that went into building it.