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A now deceased civil engineer once told me that they had great difficulty stabilizing the roadway through Montezuma. I do not recall details but got the impression that he considered keeping the road from sinking a major achievement.
John W. Briggs
Education and History
362 Huntington Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
315-446-9077
Fax 315-443-9218
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Whitford, in his 2 volume book on the Erie Canal, discusses the problems Van
Richmond had in constructing the Seneca River Aqueduct and the railroad
bridge / embankment through the swamps. I would think that the Thruway did
not have such problems since much of the water had been drained by the
1860's work of the state at Jack's Reef to help drain the wetlands and the
later construction of the Barge Canal. So much of the land was drained that
the CCC came in to reconstruct parts of the wetlands in the 1930's.
Mike Riley
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Subject: Thruway and Montezuma
> Can anyone tell me what difficulties, if any, were encountered in building
the New York Thruway through the Montezuma (or Cayuga) Marshes, and how they
were overcome?
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<DIV><FONT size=1>A now deceased civil engineer once told me that they had great
difficulty stabilizing the roadway through Montezuma. I do not recall
details but got the impression that he considered keeping the road from sinking
a major achievement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>John W. Briggs<BR>Education and History<BR>362 Huntington
Hall<BR>Syracuse University<BR>Syracuse, NY 13244<BR>315-446-9077<BR>Fax
315-443-9218</FONT><BR><BR>>>> <A
href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> 01/23/01 10:46AM
>>><BR>Whitford, in his 2 volume book on the Erie Canal, discusses the
problems Van<BR>Richmond had in constructing the Seneca River Aqueduct and the
railroad<BR>bridge / embankment through the swamps. I would think that the
Thruway did<BR>not have such problems since much of the water had been drained
by the<BR>1860's work of the state at Jack's Reef to help drain the wetlands and
the<BR>later construction of the Barge Canal. So much of the land was drained
that<BR>the CCC came in to reconstruct parts of the wetlands in the
1930's.<BR>Mike Riley<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Scott Monje
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Montezuma<BR><BR><BR>> Can anyone tell me what difficulties, if any, were
encountered in building<BR>the New York Thruway through the Montezuma (or
Cayuga) Marshes, and how they<BR>were overcome?<BR>><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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