YouTube of REALLY OLD boats

[jfrprops]

Gang,

If any of you share my fascination with early woodyboat commerce...there is the coolest film/vid series on youtube:
This is a series of 4 short films made by THOMAS EDISON & co. in 1917. They follow a boat towed down the C and O Canal from the mountains to Washington DC.
This footage is almost a century old and captivating....wish we had such vids of Chris Smith and Co etc etc. You can see how the locks worked, and the canal boats and everything!
Go to youtube and enter: C and O Canal 1917 to view.

John in Va.

[Matt Smith]

John,,,, this is a pitty response. the gang has left you hanging.. HA, I sat through the fottage, melting footage.. It is cool though if you live in this area .. I wrode my bike up that canal when i was a kid.. Cool stuff..

[jfrprops]

yes, it is of LOCAL interest mostly, but indeed very cool!

John in Va.

[doubleboater]

I watched all three vids yesterday, they were ok the guy in the small boat must be getting pulled at a decent clip cause in a few shots theres quite a wake comin off the front of his little "raft" and theres one shot where he looks a little shady with his hat on ,smokin his pipe he keeps lookin back at the lock operater like someones following him ( police or feds) but never seems to say anything or wave like if he did someone would remember him and turn him in

[Matt Smith]

Ya want some youtube boat action... http://woodyboater.com/classic-boat-sho ... ank-it-up/

Sorry if i could just post it here I would.. Sure beats one horse power and a man walking! This is Coffee time.. Get the juices flowing for sure