1. The First Industrial Revolution
Produce poured down to New Orleans, which soon ranked with New York and Liverpool among the world's great ports. ... Mayor DeWitt Clinton of New York believed that such a project was feasible in New York State. In 1810, while serving as state canal commissioner, he traveled across central New York and convined himself that it would be practicable to dig a canal from Buffalo, on Lake Erie, to the Hudson River. ... The effect of this prosperity in New York State was enormous. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and half a dozen lesser towns along the canal flourished. ...
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