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The Mohawk Valley. A Historical Significance Second to None. . By the Numbers . 5,900 Square Miles . Six thriving Counties . More Than 500,000 Residents . . Homeland of the Iroquois . For centuries, the ancestral homeland of the Native Ame…
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The Mohawk Valley. A Valley of Challenges. . The Burning of the Valleys . Aimed at disrupting supply lines and devastating the crops that fed troops during the Revolutionary War, the Burning of the Valleys was a ruthless campaign waged against …
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The Erie Canal. An Engineering Marvel. . Locks Open the Way . The Erie Canal originally scaled some 700 feet in elevation changes along its route from Rome, New York to Buffalo. This was accomplished by building a series of 83 locks to accomoda…
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The Mohawk Valley. A Proud History of Farming. . Feeding an Army . A plentiful source of wheat and dairy, the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys have long been vital farmlands. They were the targets for the British during the revolutionary War because…
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The Erie Canal. Welcoming the World. Westward Flow . Many Europeans-including large numbers of Irish, German and Dutch immigrants - and New Englanders migrating west boarded packet boats or line boats. The cost to ride a line boat. Sometimes just…
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The Erie Canal. The Canal That Changed America. Gateway to the West . The Erie Canal was the first major commercially successful connection between the East Coast and the Western Frontier. Known as the "Gateway to the West," the canal helped…
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The Erie Canal. A 19th-Century World Wonder. A Natural Advantage . The Erie Canal was built by taking advantage of a path carved by nature through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. Construction on the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York, on July …
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Transportation is King The world kept changing, and the Erie Canal along with it. Completed in 1825, the Canal has been rebuilt - or enlarged - twice. The original Erie Canal, known as Clinton's Ditch, was only 40 feet wide and four feet deep. New…
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Although basic principles of operation remain the same, locks along the Erie Canal have changed over the years. The canal's first locks, products of careful stonework by masons, measured 15 feet wide and 90 feet long. The concrete lock that you se…
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Mighty floods sweep down the Mohawk almost every spring. Builders of the original Erie Canal recognized the river's power and laid out their artificial waterway well above flood levels. Barge Canal engineers dredged river channels and replaced sto…
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