Erie canal

Benjamin Wright: Chief of Canals

In this installment of Profiles in History, we learn how Benjamin Wright came to oversee the building of the Erie Canal.

November 15, 2023BY Dustin Bass
Erie Canal: How a Team of Self-Taught Engineers Constructed the Longest Artificial Waterway of the 19th Century

Boom! Canon fire echoed across the state of New York on October 26, 1825. Men listened carefully at ...

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