Thanks, Ed.
All of this was made possible by the existence of the
Chenango Canal , which ran right through the little city of Norwich. If I can remember to, I will take a couple of pictures of landmark sign references to the city's involvement in the war and post the link to them here.
Quite a few years ago, as a young insurance agent in the community, I attended a banquette that hosted a local historian and museum curator as guest speaker. Her topic of discussion was on the Chenango Canal in Norwich. In a nutshell, the town fathers wanted so badly for the canal to come through our city they coerced, bribed and extorted officials to get it. I forgot the cost, somewhere around a million dollars to build it. I haven't a clue how much that would be in today's currency. Many, many bananas.
Today, we have streets that were formed over the filled in canalways, which explains why their shapes and pathways are the way they are. Signs of the canal can still be found along State Route 12, which bisects Norwich as well as the state.
A little more history, back at ya.