Era of the Canal

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Re-enactment of the story of the establishment of the Erie Canal.

Cast:
Lloyd Moss - the Narrator
Alan Feinstein - John Jervis
Alfred Israel - Sam Young
Martha Behren - Betty Huntington
Marvin Laskowitz - Sound and Music
Helen Mistead - Production Assistant
Kenneth H. Dunshee - Writer
L. Porter Moore - Series Consultant

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Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 68907
Municipal archives id: LT266

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