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The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
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Erie Canal
Waterway in New York, U.S.
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hudson River
River in New York and New Jersey, US
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows south to the New York Bay, a tidal…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lake Erie
One of the Great Lakes in North America
Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)