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Oct. 8, 1823: New York Gets That Erie Feeling
1823: DeWitt Clinton inaugurates the Erie Canal, opening a section that links Albany to Rochester and beyond. The canal will not be completed for another two years, but once this great engineering feat...
View ArticleMay 4, 1904: U.S. Dives Into Panama Canal
1904: The United States agrees to complete the Panama Canal. In both human and financial terms, the canal project is one of the costliest engineering undertakings in history. The idea of constructing a...
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