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Success-choked Erie, Champlain, and Oswego canals are enlarged: 7 feet deep; locks 110 feet long, 18 feet wide; boat capacity 240 tons. Twinned chambers enable boats to lock through in both directions at once.
 
Genesee Valley and Black River canals completed.
 
 
 
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