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Erie Canal

Erie Canal

THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND CULTURE, EXTENDING FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO, MADE NEW YORK THE EMPIRE STATE.

INTERNATIONAL RIGHT OF WAY

 

ASSOC.-EMPIRE STATE CHAPTER

 

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Bryan Arnold

@nanowhiskers

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