Chair, the program committee. Dave and i thank you all for coming this evening to our lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be call
Lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be called the dutch canal 19th century engine of prosperity, because indeed it was. This is a
Dozen countries. We are live on the ground to check the progress and see however some countries still have to go. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. We begin with breaking news out of missouri. Theres been another Fatal Shooting in the st. Louis area involving a Police Officer and teenager. It happened this time in berkeley, less than three miles from the ferguson neighborhood where Michael Brown was shot and killed in august. Police say a suspect pulled a gun on an officer outside a gas station and the officer fired back. Local reports say the suspect was 18 years old. Afterwards, a crowd of people gathered in the scene and many rushed at the police and broke into a Convenience Store across the street. Police fired tear gas to break up the crowd. No word on any arrests. Meanwhile, the new york city skyline went dark in honor of the two Police Officers shot and killed over the weekend. The mayor asked protestors to honor the fallen officers and hold off on more anti Police De
It has been a mess all morning. Started around 4 00 this morning. Lets get outside to our news van on the scene of i95 northbound, approaching the lanes for 476. Steve, i know you have been out there, go ahead take it from here. Reporter ive got some good news. I just talk to the state police. They will have this reopened real quick. They have every state trooper car off i95 except one and as soon as that flood betties able to get the bread truck up and on the back of that flood bed and off the road they will reopen i95 northbound. It hud happened by your next traffic report or by your second one around 7 20. Now what chris pointed out is what i just told him to look at. Do you see that massive puddle in the left lane . Look at that, it is even coaching in the middle lane. Here it is two hours after the of heavy rain fell this accident happening before 4 00 a. M. Somebody may have come around that curve 95, the fast lane, passing left lane, and this is speculation but when you have a b
Authorities say is a teenage Asylum Seeker or rock in germany from syria in two thousand and fifteen. Italys leading Antiestablishment Party sees the chance of a deal to end the countrys political deadlock teaming up with the far right to form a government of the proposal comes with conditions that might prove hard just long. Also coming up a monarch looks to hand over the reins Britains Queen elizabeth has been the head of the commonwealth for nearly seven decades she wants her son charles to succeed but will he be given the job. Was rough and the dollar has built his place in the quarterfinals of the monte carlo masters a showdown with Novak Djokovic should both be on the cards after he crashed out to. Play. Im sumi so much gonda good to have you with us. Central berlin is on shut down this morning as Emergency Services diffuse a massive World War Two bomb the british farm was uncovered on a building site near the citys central train station German Authorities have evacuated thousand