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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From: Scott Monje <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:51 AM
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?
>