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Troy NY was the center of industry in the USA as it had great amounts of water power. Canals were built every other street so you had water for power on one side and street access on the other.
It was mostly textile mills, some started in the early 1800s. Troy is home to the oldest school dedicated to Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Troy began to fall apart because of steam power and then electricity. Trains didn't help either, as water transport was supplanted. Troy is at the most northern end of the navigational part of the Hudson river.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
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