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S07E20: The Erie Canal

Modern Marvels · Season 7
Aired 31 Jul 2000 at 2:00am (UTC)
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The Erie Canal

Synopsis

The Erie Canal was America’s first superhighway. It was a narrow ribbon of water carved through sheer rock and untamed wilderness. It featured an ingenious network of stone locks and aqueducts. Skeptics called it “Clinton’s Ditch,” but visionaries saw it as the gateway to a gleaming future. An engineering marvel when it was built some called it the Eighth Wonder of the World.

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