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   Comment by Nick
   August 31, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

   erie canal

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   Comment by george.g
   August 31, 2009 @ 6:57 pm

   The real answer is the St. Lawrence Seaway which allows ocean going ships to traverse the Great Lakes and pass through various canals to the St.Lawrence River and the Atlantic. No transhipment. The same vessel can go from Port Chicago to Rotterdam or Southampton in Europe.
   The Erie canal just moved barges from ports on the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York. That route required transhipment from lakes schooners to barges, barges to ocean going ships.

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   Comment by Bearwith
   August 31, 2009 @ 9:14 pm

   The above answer is correct, the Erie Canal is a man-made waterway in New York state that runs about 365 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
   First proposed in 1808, it was under construction from 1817 to 1825. It was the first transportation route between the eastern seaboard or New York City and the western interior Great Lakes of the United States faster than carts pulled by draft animals, and cut transport costs by about 95%.
   The Canal fostered a population surge in western New York state, opened regions further west to settlement, and helped New York City become the chief U.S. port.
   See the link below for additional information. Hope this helps.

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   Comment by Gene Pace G
   September 1, 2009 @ 2:36 am

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