Erie Canal Museum - #ThrowbackThursday to the beginning of 1895, when the ASPCA reported on the condition of New York's animals, especially the horses and mules on the Erie Canal. Examinations like
![Passengers enjoying a ride on an Erie Canal barge towed by a mule 1820s. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy Passengers enjoying a ride on an Erie Canal barge towed by a mule 1820s. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A64XX6/passengers-enjoying-a-ride-on-an-erie-canal-barge-towed-by-a-mule-A64XX6.jpg)
Passengers enjoying a ride on an Erie Canal barge towed by a mule 1820s. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy
WTTW - Chicago PBS on X: "The Erie Canal was an amazing engineering feat - and in its early days it used mules to draw barges: https://t.co/VM1sD0hjdZ #10ChangedAmerica @PBS https://t.co/9IusYCjRpV" / X
![A monorail electric "mule" built by General Electric for hauling boats along the Erie canal. : r/WeirdWheels A monorail electric "mule" built by General Electric for hauling boats along the Erie canal. : r/WeirdWheels](https://preview.redd.it/ue8sj85d9tn91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3a6c996ab9030a2d7ed3f7f296eb9fb90001a19b)
A monorail electric "mule" built by General Electric for hauling boats along the Erie canal. : r/WeirdWheels
When Mules Ruled the Canal - 10 That Changed America | The Erie Canal may have been an engineering triumph, but at first traffic was driven by mules - who had to
![Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal: Teaching About an Almost-Forgotten Form of Transportation | Teaching with the Library Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal: Teaching About an Almost-Forgotten Form of Transportation | Teaching with the Library](https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/files/2022/09/Canal-Boy.jpg)
Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal: Teaching About an Almost-Forgotten Form of Transportation | Teaching with the Library
![Tourists today can see packet boats on the Erie Canal pull by horses on the towpaths. | Erie canal, Erie, Canal Tourists today can see packet boats on the Erie Canal pull by horses on the towpaths. | Erie canal, Erie, Canal](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2f/0d/48/2f0d48e7fe3d62c38f74728f2ce0665b.jpg)