Eri\u0161sk\u00fd pr\u016fplav, um\u011bl\u00fd vodn\u00ed kan\u00e1l spojuj\u00edc\u00ed \u0159eku Hudson s Velk\u00fdmi jezery, stoj\u00ed jako sv\u011bdectv\u00ed americk\u00e9 d\u016fmyslnosti a jej\u00ed transforma\u010dn\u00ed s\u00edly pro cel\u00fd n\u00e1rod. A\u010dkoli byl kdysi zam\u00edtnut jako “Clinton’s Folly” (Clinton\u016fv nesmysl), pr\u016fplav dok\u00e1zal sv\u00fdm kritik\u016fm, \u017ee se m\u00fdlili, stal se kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdm dopravn\u00edm koridorem a katalyz\u00e1torem hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho r\u016fstu a pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9ho rozvoje.<\/p>\n\n
V\u00fdstavba Eri\u0161sk\u00e9ho pr\u016fplavu byla herkulovsk\u00fdm \u00fakolem, kter\u00fd \u010delil neb\u00fdval\u00fdm technick\u00fdm v\u00fdzv\u00e1m. P\u0159es omezenou technologii a pracovn\u00ed s\u00edlu spol\u00e9haj\u00edc\u00ed p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm na lidskou s\u00edlu vytrval hlavn\u00ed in\u017een\u00fdr pr\u016fplavu Benjamin Wright a jeho d\u011bln\u00edci, prokopali se nemo\u017en\u00fdmi skaln\u00edmi \u00fatvary a p\u0159ekonali v\u00fd\u0161kov\u00e9 rozd\u00edly pomoc\u00ed syst\u00e9mu zdymadel.<\/p>\n\n
Otev\u0159en\u00ed Eri\u0161sk\u00e9ho pr\u016fplavu v roce 1825 vyvolalo vlnu hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 \u010dinnosti. New York se stalo p\u0159edn\u00edm p\u0159\u00edstavem zem\u011b a p\u0159ekonalo Filadelfii a Boston. Koridor pr\u016fplavu tak\u00e9 poskytl \u017eivou tepnu pro obchod mezi St\u0159edoz\u00e1padem a v\u00fdchodn\u00edm pob\u0159e\u017e\u00edm a prom\u011bnil mal\u00e9 osady v prosperuj\u00edc\u00ed obchodn\u00ed centra.<\/p>\n\n
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse a Schenectady pat\u0159ily mezi m\u011bsta, kter\u00e1 zaznamenala pozoruhodn\u00fd r\u016fst d\u00edky Eri\u0161sk\u00e9mu pr\u016fplavu. Buffalo se stalo sv\u011btov\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edstavem pro obil\u00ed, zat\u00edmco Rochester se vyno\u0159ilo jako centrum mlyn\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho pr\u016fmyslu. Syracuse ovl\u00e1dlo n\u00e1rodn\u00ed trh se sol\u00ed a Schenectady p\u0159il\u00e1kalo pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 giganty jako Thomas Edison, kter\u00fd zde zalo\u017eil sv\u00e9 podnik\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Krom\u011b sv\u00e9ho hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho v\u00fdznamu hr\u00e1l Eri\u0161sk\u00fd pr\u016fplav tak\u00e9 z\u00e1sadn\u00ed roli v podzemn\u00ed \u017eeleznici. Harriet Tubmanov\u00e1 a Frederick Douglass p\u016fsobili v jeho bl\u00edzkosti a poskytovali \u00fato\u010di\u0161t\u011b otrok\u016fm hledaj\u00edc\u00edm svobodu. Vodn\u00ed cesta pr\u016fplavu slou\u017eila jako diskr\u00e9tn\u00ed dopravn\u00ed cesta a pomohla stovk\u00e1m lid\u00ed uniknout do bezpe\u010d\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
P\u0159esto\u017ee se komer\u010dn\u00ed provoz na Eri\u0161sk\u00e9m pr\u016fplavu sn\u00ed\u017eil, z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 obl\u00edbenou destinac\u00ed pro rekrea\u010dn\u00ed \u010dluny a ryb\u00e1\u0159e. The Great Loopers, kte\u0159\u00ed obeplouvaj\u00ed v\u00fdchodn\u00ed pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, \u010dasto proplouvaj\u00ed jeho vodami. Historick\u00fd v\u00fdznam pr\u016fplavu nav\u00edc p\u0159itahuje n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edky, kte\u0159\u00ed cht\u011bj\u00ed prozkoumat jeho d\u011bdictv\u00ed a dozv\u011bd\u011bt se v\u00edce o jeho technick\u00fdch z\u00e1zrac\u00edch.<\/p>\n\n
A\u010dkoli si v\u00e1\u017e\u00edme slavn\u00e9 minulosti Eri\u0161sk\u00e9ho pr\u016fplavu, je z\u00e1sadn\u00ed jej zachovat a p\u0159estav\u011bt pro budouc\u00ed generace. Infrastruktura pr\u016fplavu, kter\u00e1 se od sv\u00e9ho vybudov\u00e1n\u00ed v podstat\u011b nezm\u011bnila, slou\u017e\u00ed jako d\u016fkaz americk\u00e9 technick\u00e9 d\u016fmyslnosti. P\u0159ijet\u00edm adaptivn\u00edho op\u011btovn\u00e9ho vyu\u017eit\u00ed a udr\u017eiteln\u00e9 turistiky m\u016f\u017eeme zajistit, \u017ee Eri\u0161sk\u00fd pr\u016fplav bude i nad\u00e1le inspirovat a spojovat komunity po cel\u00e1 stalet\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Dnes \u017eivot na Eri\u0161sk\u00e9m pr\u016fplavu zt\u011bles\u0148uje sm\u011bs historie a dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed. Rekrea\u010dn\u00ed \u010dluny si u\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed poklidn\u00e9ho tempa a \u0159\u00edd\u00ed se mottem pr\u016fplavu: \u201e\u017eivot v pomal\u00e9m pruhu\u201c. Klidn\u00e9 vody pr\u016fplavu poskytuj\u00ed odpo\u010dinek od shonu modern\u00edho \u017eivota a nab\u00edzej\u00ed mo\u017enosti relaxace, pr\u016fzkumu a spojen\u00ed s minulost\u00ed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eri\u0161sk\u00fd pr\u016fplav: Historick\u00fd katalyz\u00e1tor pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9ho r\u016fstu a urbanizace Historick\u00fd v\u00fdznam Eri\u0161sk\u00fd pr\u016fplav, um\u011bl\u00fd vodn\u00ed kan\u00e1l spojuj\u00edc\u00ed \u0159eku Hudson s Velk\u00fdmi jezery, stoj\u00ed jako sv\u011bdectv\u00ed americk\u00e9 d\u016fmyslnosti a jej\u00ed transforma\u010dn\u00ed s\u00edly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17819],"tags":[17815,4677,7653,17816,17818,1073,17817,305,99,2046],"class_list":["post-13213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-of-science-and-technology","tag-erie-canal","tag-historical-significance","tag-economic-development","tag-industrial-growth","tag-recreational-boating","tag-engineering-marvel","tag-transportation-corridor","tag-tourism","tag-lifescienceart","tag-urbanization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24451,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213\/revisions\/24451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}