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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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FILE- In this Sept. 4, 1947 file photo, an eastbound tanker, in foreground, prepares to pass a westbound one, background, after being released from a lock in the Erie Canal, in New York. 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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FILE - In this May 8, 2008 file photo, boats wait for Lock 7 to fill as they travel along the Erie Canal in Niskayuna, N.Y. It was an engineering marvel that brought tremendous wealth to New York and opened up the North American interior, helping turn the United States into an international commercial powerhouse in the 19th Century. 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/Mike Groll, File)
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In this June 28, 2017, photo, a sign on route 49/46 in Rome, N.Y., marks the spot where digging for construction on the Erie Canal began. This Fourth of July marks the 200th anniversary of the ceremonial first digging for the construction of the Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway that would change history. (John Clifford/The Daily Sentinel via AP)
