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Re: (erielack) D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, Honesdale, Pa

    Another great book on this subject is COAL BOATS TO TIDEWATER by
Manville Wakefield. Mr. Wakefield taught at Oneonta college & was a pretty
good artist too. He illustrated the book with pen & ink drawings & did a
great cover picture of an ERIE frieght climbing the Starucca viaduct  - I
forget the title of the book , but it was one of the Carleton publications -
might have been softcover THE ANTHRACITE ROADS. Sadly he passed away.
Regards to all,
Walter E. Smith
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry W Jarusik" <hwjpa_@_fastem.com>
To: "Ken & Carol Dabisch" <dabisch1_@_pop3.concentric.net>;
<erielack-digest_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, Honesdale, Pa


> Ken:
>
> Sorry for the delay.  I planned to write back over the weekend but
> didn't get the opportunity where I had the book and my laptop fired up
> at the same moment.  In addition, I'm leaving Friday for a 10 day
> business trip to China so time has been at a premium.  I just went
> through over 100 emails so I haven't been keeping up with the ELHS list
> in the last 10 days or so.
>
>
> The book is:
> "The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad"
> written by Matthew M. Osterberg
> published by Arcadia Publishing
> ISBN 0-7385-1087-4
> Library of Congress Catalog Card # 2002108390
>
>
> If you do get the book, you'll notice that the photos of the canal
> appear to be almost "highway-like" in their broad sweeps and graded
> towpaths.  It reminds me of driving up NY Rt 17 through the Sullivan and
> Delaware Counties from Rockland County up to Binghamton, NY [before I
> moved to Binghamton].
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Henry Jarusik
> elhs #2113
> New London, Pa
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:04:50 -0600, "Ken & Carol Dabisch"
> <dabisch1_@_pop3.concentric.net> said:
> >
> >
> > On 12/27, Henry W Jarusik wrote:
> >
> >     "Also, I received a book for Xmas on the D&H Canal and Gravity
> >     Railroad
> >     around Honesdale, Pa. Very interesting"
> >
> > I'm also interested in that area.  What is the name of this "very
> > interesting" book?
> >
> > Ken Dabisch
> > ELHS #3275
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> -- 
>   Henry W Jarusik
>   hwjpa_@_fastem.com
>
>

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