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The Canal Years, episode 4
Made-up episode · 24 min · 38 claims
- 03:12
The Erie Canal opened in 1825.
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- 11:40
Most of the men who dug it were Irish immigrants.
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- 18:05
My great-grandfather worked the locks at Lockport.
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