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Creating the Erie Canal
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Creating the Erie Canal

The notion of building the longest canal in the world, by a nation low on skills and limited resources was considered ridiculous by many. The United States had no engineering school in the early 1800s and no qualified European engineer would take the job. The task to design and build the Erie Canal fell to upstate New York residents, most of whom had never seen a canal.

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