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    The Erie Canal As A Model Of How To Build Big Projects Again

    The federal government said no. But New Yorkers rallied anyway and got the job done.
    by Greg Rosalsky Jan 28, 2020 3 minutes
    DeWitt Clinton pours water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean after completion of the Erie Canal.

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    In 1809, representatives from the state of New York traveled to the nation's capital to meet with President Thomas Jefferson. They wanted money for a 363-mile canal that would link Lake Erie with the Hudson River, thereby opening up New York City to a funnel of commerce from the developing American West. In an age before bulldozers and chainsaws, building an artificial waterway through untamed wilderness, mountains and rocky cliffs was

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