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A Piece of the Past, A Price in the Present: Paying for the Erie Canal

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A Piece of the Past, A Price in the Present: Paying for the Erie Canal - by Hansi Lo Wang/ / Around the Nation/ Heard on Morning Edition/ National Public Radio/ npr.org

"Mules named Sal are hard to find these days along the Erie Canal. But almost two centuries after workers began digging its route across upstate New York, you can still see barges pushed and pulled through what some consider the first superhighway of the U.S.

As the canal prepares to celebrate its bicentennial next July, some are questioning whether the canal is still worth subsidizing.

After the original canal was completed in 1825, the 363-mile waterway was a technological marvel. It shortened the trek from eastern New York to the Great Lakes from two weeks by wagon to just five days on the water..."

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Pleasure boats are docked along the Erie Canal in Fairport, N.Y. Some are asking whether the canal is worth subsidizing now that it's no longer a major commercial waterway.
Hansi Lo Wang/NPR

An excellent book for those interested in the building of the Erie Canal is
"Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation" by
Peter L. Bernstein

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I live near the western end of the Erie canal and do not mind paying to subsidize the canal. I have spent considerable time boating, fishing and swimming on the canal.
 
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