{"product_id":"2940013757509","title":"A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • llustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003eChap. I.—The First Eras of Canoe and Sail \u003cbr\u003eChap. II.—The First Steamboats on the River and Lake Ontario \u003cbr\u003eChap. III.—More Steamboats and Early Water Routes. The River the Centre of Through Travel East and West. \u003cbr\u003eChap. IV.—Expansion and Decline of Traffic on the River. A Final Flash, and a Move to the North \u003cbr\u003eChap. V.—On the Upper Lakes With the Wolseley Expedition and Lord Dufferin \u003cbr\u003eChap. VI.—A Novel Idea and a New Venture. Buffalo in Sailing Ship Days. A Risky Passage \u003cbr\u003eChap. VII.—Down Through the Welland. The Miseries of Horse-towing Times. Port Dalhousie and a Lake Veteran. The Problem Solved. Toronto at Last \u003cbr\u003eChap. VIII.—The Niagara Portal. Old Times and Old Names at Newark and Niagara. A Winter of Changes. A New Rivalry Begun \u003cbr\u003eChap. IX.—The First Season of The Niagara Navigation Company. A Hot Competition. Steamboat Manoeuvres \u003cbr\u003eChap. X.—Change Partners Rate-cutting and Racing. Hanlan and Toronto Waterside. Passenger Limitation Introduced \u003cbr\u003eChap. XI.—Niagara Camps Formed. More Changes and Competition. Beginnings of Railroads in New York State. Early Passenger Men and Ways \u003cbr\u003eChap. XII.—First Railways to Lewiston. Expansion Required. The Renown of the Let-Her-B. A Critic of Plimsoll \u003cbr\u003eChap. XIII.—Winter and Whisky in Scotland. Rail Arrives at Lewiston Dock. How Cibola got Her Name. On the U. E. Loyalist Route. Ongiara Added \u003cbr\u003eChap. XIV.—Running the Blockade on the Let-Her-B. as Told by Her Captain-owner \u003cbr\u003eChap. XV.—The Canadian Electric Railway to Queenston. An Old Portage Route Revived. The Trek to the Western States. Chippewa Arrives. Railway Chief \u003cbr\u003eChap. XVI.—Cibola Goes, Corona Comes. The Gorge Electric Railway Opens to Lewiston. How the Falls Cut Their Way Back Through the Rocks. Royal Visitors. The Decisiveness of Israel Tarte. \u003cbr\u003eChap. XVII.—Cayuga Adds Her Name. Niagara and Hamilton Rejoined. Ice Jams on the River. The Niagara Ferry Completed. Once More the United Management From \"Niagara to the Sea\"","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145825304816,"sku":"2940013757509","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013757509_p0.jpg?v=1763589837","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013757509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}