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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An artificial waterway extending about 580 km (360 mi) across central New York from Albany to Buffalo. Constructed from 1817 to 1825 and enlarged numerous times after 1835, it is now part of the New York State Canal System.
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- proper noun The 363 mile-long canal from
Lake Erie to theHudson River .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal
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Examples
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The son of an immigrant mother who was raised in a “paddy camp” along the Erie Canal, Olcott ran away from home several times to join minstrel troupes and became one of the more celebrated blackface performers in the 1870s.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Folks who are In the area to see sites like Niagara Falls and the Erie Canal, can also squeeze in a little shopping at the Made in America store.
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When, in 1825, a group of New York businessmen presented to Governor DeWitt Clinton a pair of Thomas Fletcher vases -- a token of thanks for the Governor's efforts in promoting the building of the Erie Canal -- I imagine they embraced a more sophisticated rhetoric about the role of government and the assumption of public expenditures than do many of those purporting to speak for "Real American" business interests today.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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When, in 1825, a group of New York businessmen presented to Governor DeWitt Clinton a pair of Thomas Fletcher vases -- a token of thanks for the Governor's efforts in promoting the building of the Erie Canal -- I imagine they embraced a more sophisticated rhetoric about the role of government and the assumption of public expenditures than do many of those purporting to speak for "Real American" business interests today.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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In the U.S., government was responsible for in order the Erie Canal, the Transcontinental Railroad, the Interstate Highway System, and the Internet.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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Rochester has always been an entrepreneurial locale dating to the days of the construction of the Erie Canal.
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Will our strengths as a nation soar like they once did in 1825 with the construction of the Erie Canal?
Michael Kanellos: Sputnik? New Frontier? Where Is the Historical Analogy for Green? Michael Kanellos 2011
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Folks who are In the area to see sites like Niagara Falls and the Erie Canal, can also squeeze in a little shopping at the Made in America store.
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The White House's fondness for transportation spending may reflect the fact that projects like the Erie Canal had great value when moving goods was near impossible.
Detroit's Decline and The Folly of Light Rail Edward Glaeser 2011
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In the U.S., government was responsible for in order the Erie Canal, the Transcontinental Railroad, the Interstate Highway System, and the Internet.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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