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  • Collection: Olean and the Genesee Valley Canal

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This display depicts various aspects of the Genesee Valley Canal.

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Eileen McCartan Smith's photographs depicting modern day evidence of the Genesee Valley Canal.

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N.V.V. Franchot had charge of the $101,000,000 appropriation for New York State's Barge Canal. And his "boss" was Governor Frank W. Higgins, sometimes affectionately called "the boy from Rushford."

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An Olean Times Herald article which documents the first boat to sail into Cattaraugus County on the Genesee Valley Canal.

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An Olean Times Herald article which documents the history of the Genesee Valley Canal.

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Four invoices which documents goods shipped and costs on the Genesee Valley Canal.

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Modern day evidence of the Genesee Valley Canal.

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A copy of a 1869 map of Olean which depicts the path of the Genesee Valley Canal along the Olean Creek.
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