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oct 26, 1825 - Erie Canal

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It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal fostered a population surge in western New York and opened regions farther west to settlement.

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oct 26, 1825
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~ 200 years ago

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