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The canal was killed by a new fangled technology, trains. So many industries have had radical changes from a new technology. I heard that before the Erie canal a bushel of grain was 80 cents in NYC. After the canal and the barges the price was a nickle a bushel. It seems hard to believe that a train was cheaper than that.
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Glen
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