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January 20, 2016 By flxperience

The Erie Canal is one of the most important reasons upstate New York became a thriving center of commerce. Built in 1825, for a century this waterway connected Albany on the Hudson to Lake Erie, which in turn allowed barges to move to and from the midwest on the great lakes. This mode of transport cut time between NewYork City and the Mississippi River by 2/3 and cost by 95%. No longer used for commercial traffic, it now is a wonderful vacation venue. #eriecanal, #barge, #river, #newyork, #erie, #lockport, ,

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