Looking for Seaway testimonials

by David Sommerstein on June 22nd, 2009

The St. Lawrence Seaway officially turns 50 in a couple weeks. The agencies that runs it, and the communities that host it – are planning myriad festivities on both sides of the border. Check out this site and this one for details.

The Seaway is in the eye of the beholder. It’s brought us Alcoa, Reynolds, and General Motors (jobs), the zebra mussel (invasive species), PCBs (from aforementioned factories), Lost Villages (flooded behind the dam), the Moses-Saunders power dam (cheap electricity), oil spills (the Slick of ’76), and the always fascinating sight of huge freighters slipping through the American narrows. I’m sure there’s lots more.

I’m interested in talking with people who have first-hand accounts of the birth of this engineering marvel that forever changed the North Country. Did you or a family member work on its construction? Was your home relocated? Did you house or serve food to the workers? Did you go watch the construction on the weekends?

Send me an e-mail at david-at-ncpr-dot-org. Thanks!

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