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Begun in 1817, the Erie Canal was an engineering wonder of 363 miles of water highway linking the western frontier to the Atlantic seaboard; it took eight years to construct and thousands of hours of brutal labor.
Begun in 1817, the Erie Canal was an engineering wonder of 363 miles of water highway linking the western frontier to the Atlantic seaboard; it took eight years to construct and thousands of hours of brutal labor.
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