Related Records

1. 1996.1.e - List of historic canals of the early 1800s and the engineers who worked on them. Includes the Erie and Champlain Canals and mentions Canvass White as an engineer of 7 of the canals, including the previously mentioned 2.

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2. 1996.1.f - Article from Concrete International, June 1979 tracing Canvass White's research, development, patenting, and use of natural cement, which cures in water unlike other mortars of the early 1800s, in the construction of the Erie Canal.

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3. 1996.1.g - Article from American Canals, No. 69 of May 1989. Outlines Canvass White's background and contributions to the Erie Canal construction project as well as summarizing his work on other canals.

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4. 1996.1.h - Short biography of Canvass White, focusing mainly on his contributions to American canal construction in the Northeast.

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5. 1996.1.i - Photocopy of a passage from a large book on the Industrial Revolution focusing on Canvass White's engineering innovations in the creation of cement and construction of the Erie Canal

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6. 1996.1.j - Brief biography of Canvass White, focusing mainly on his discovery of usable American natural cement and his work on the Erie Canal.

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