FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1947 file photo, an oil-loaded barge is pushed into lock two near Waterford, N.Y., as it starts its westward journey on the Erie Canal. Ground was broken for the Erie Canal 200 years ago, and when the 363-mile canal fully opened in 1825, it was the greatest engineering feat of the era and one that would change history. (AP Photo, File)
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