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       NYS Canal Corporation Releases Best of 2021 Video - Embankment
       Repairs Noted
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: January 13, 2023, 8:58 am
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       Just ran across this 2021 Erie Canal Highlights video on the NYS
       Canal Corporation YouTube Channel.
  HTML https://youtu.be/ijZWjgrkkh8
       It's not very long but does highlight the work done to repair
       the Embankment Breach in Palmyra/Macedon area as well as the
       work on the Brockport Embankment Restoration project that saw
       the final addition of the natural privacy barrier planted in
       April 2021.
       And any plantings that did not survive the shock of
       transplanting have already been removed and replaced once, in
       2022.
       Here's another video that was released looking to entice people
       to seek jobs at NYS Canals. It's a very different look at the
       Canal System from the perspective of what challenges canal
       employees face, working mostly during the winter months on
       everything from lock maintenance to embankment repair.
  HTML https://www.canals.ny.gov/about/jobs/2022%20Career%20Fair%20Loop.mp4
       Very nice to see that the new owners of the Canal System, the
       New York Power Authority (NYPA), have finally figured out what's
       wrong with the "profitability ratio" that NY has experienced
       with keeping the Erie open, at least enough to finally hire more
       people to make it safe & sustainable. Time will tell if they
       ever figure out a way to have the canal break even on cost... or
       dare we say... make a profit.
       That would be a welcome change for all New Yorkers
       Perhaps its time to start the conversation of how to create
       power generation opportunities along the bottom of the channel?
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