This will be my final post here at 40x4x28. Within a few weeks this blog and the rest of the website will be taken down.
I want to thank everyone who took the time to visit and explore my posts and images here, especially those who signed on as subscribers. It was always rewarding (and fun) to send out a new post, knowing that it was going directly to your inboxes. Thanks for that.
When I set out to make a series of historical images of the original Erie Canal, the intention was to commemorate its bicentennial in October 2025. That date is now behind us and, despite the fact that there aren’t as many pictures in the series as I may have wished, it is time to turn the page and move on.
It turns out that doing the original research for the pictures was more interesting than making the pictures themselves. So it makes sense for me to focus on that, and on more long-form writing. Meanwhile, the cost—in time and money—of creating digital landscapes and maintaining a website means that those things will have to go. At least for now.
So once again, thank you — and so long. It’s been great fun.
Wonderful work you have done. Thank you.
Perhaps the Canal Society or http://www.eriecanal.org would be willing to host your work.
Your images are fantastic, being almost photographic. I would want to purchase the Rochester Aqueduct construction, so please make it available.
Good work!
Thanks, Mike. I’ve just added the 24×16 poster for the Rochester Aqueduct. If you are interested in a giclee print I can add that, too, though it will take me a week or two to have some test prints made first.
Steve, I would be interested in the larger giclee print (probably 2). In time for the Holidays is good.
Let me know.
I ordered two other prints yesterday.
Steve,, let me know how you are doing on the Rochester Aqueduct prints. If it is easier just to buy 2-3 of what you have ready, I can do that if it makes it easier for you. Let me know.
Not meaning to pry into your situation, but are the Canal Museums aware of your art pieces? I find it hard to believe that they could not be selling them.
I’m glad to assist if that helps, but again, not meaning to stick my nose into your business.
Regarding the canal museums and Mr Boerner’s prints: This summer there were postcards at the NYS Thruway canal museum at Port Byron featuring some of these prints.
Mike, the giclee print of the Rochester Aqueduct is now up on the store. Thank you for your patience!
It was a great pleasure attending your lecture at the Kate Gleason Auditorium. I will always remember your visuals. They made history come alive and be understandable.
Good luck either way your future wentures
Loved your posts, top-notch stuff, made me see vanished canal views with a specificity I never thought possible. Thank you!
Sorry to see your blog ending, but more time for the book 🙂 T
Many thanks for the satisfying and informative reading you have provided us all. Will the framable prints (particularly the one of the Little Falls lock, and the “Navigating the Noses” one) still be available somewhere? If so, how could I get them? I live in nearby Genesee County. So far, my walking project of walking the entire pre 1918 era Enlarged Erie has taken me from Pendleton to Frankfort NY.
Those framed prints will be available on the store for another couple of weeks, till early December. I’ll be closing down my business and have no plans to make them available after that.
Your walking project sounds amazing! Will you be documenting it anywhere?
Hi Steve, Thanks for reply. I’ll order the print(s) soon. I’d like one to be on my wall with the Montezuma Slackwater crossing pic. As far as documenting my walks, I am a costumed interpreter at the worthy Genesee Country Village and Museum. I fit in canal system info when it fits in with my interpretation. I live for my walks! If I ever finish the Erie I want to turn my attention, and my feet, to the Black River Canal. I also need to finish the Genesee Valley Canal. I left off at Caneadea. Best to you and all future endeavors. JM Jones.