Over the past year, the canal community lost these two wonderful men who were also fine researchers, advocates, and educators.
Terry Woods was one the old guard experts on Ohio and Pennsylvania canals. He was the author of many books, articles and columns. Thomas Grasso was the expert on all things New York, but I doubt that there were many canals, domestic or world-wide, that Tom didn’t know about. In addition to their own work, both served as members of the board and as presidents of their state canal societies, writing guidebooks and leading trips. The loss of these men has been deeply felt by all who knew them.
Over the last two issues, the American Canals newsletter has offered tributes to both men and just in case you didn’t know who they were, we are offering the newsletters here as pdf files. Feel free to download if you wish.
American Canals has been published for 50 years and they cover a great variety of topics. The issues between 1972 and 2020 can be found on this website as free downloads. if you are researching a topic, the index can help you find your subject.