Ohio and Erie Canal /
George Washington first proposed the idea of a canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Ohio-Mississippi River System in 1784. Inspired by the Erie Canal in New York, the State of Ohio began surveying routes in 1822 for its own grand internal improvement project. Completed a decade later, the 309-mil...
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Charleston, South Carolina :
Arcadia Publishing,
2014
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| Series: | Images of America.
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