When the Erie Canal opened, it didn’t just slash travel time and cost, it changed America’s trajectory.
By linking the Great Lakes to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean, the canal fueled westward expansion, allowed new ideas to spread like wildfire, and laid the foundations for America’s Industrial Revolution.
Learn more at https://www.greatlakesnow.org/eriecanal/
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