Erie Canal Museum
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Syracuse, New York, from September 19-25 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
Dan Ward gave a tour of the Erie Canal Museum and showed some of the museum’s collection of canal-related artifacts, including the only exis… read more
Dan Ward gave a tour of the Erie Canal Museum and showed some of the museum’s collection of canal-related artifacts, including the only existing weigh lock building in the U.S., and spoke about how the Erica Canal influenced the growth of Syracuse, central New York, and the U.S.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Syracuse, New York, from September 19-25 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close
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