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On October 26th, 1825, the fate of New York City and the entire United States changed with the opening of the Erie Canal,

a man-made waterway that connects the Hudson River to Lake Uri.

This was the greatest engineering project of its day, linking the ocean to the nation's interior.

And it was one of the most important events in New York City's history,

even though the entrance to that canal is about 150 miles north of New York Harbor.

So today we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal

by going straight to the source in a conversation with Derek

Pratt, the Director of Education and Public Programs at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New

York.

You can look at census data for places like Buffalo, Rochester, Utica, Syracuse,

and even New York.

And you see, after 1825, just these huge growths in population.

The Bowery Boys episode 470, The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal.

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