200 years ago, the opening of the Erie Canal solved one of America’s biggest logistical problems: how to quickly move people and goods from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
New York governor DeWitt Clinton pushed for a canal linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River and New York City, drastically cutting travel time and costs and helping launch America’s Industrial Revolution.
Learn more at https://www.greatlakesnow.org/eriecanal/
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