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Maps of United States Wonders: The Erie Canal
It connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River, and covers 363 miles across New York State, making any map of the Erie Canal one of the more complex maps of United States territory. Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was instantly found useful by virtually everyone who used it. Consequently, it seemed to be under constant expansion for the better part of the nineteenth century. As a...