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Article: UNLOCKING CANAL HISTORY; SUNYIT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR UNCOVERS SECRETS OF ORIGINAL ERIE CANAL.(Neighbors Madison)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2003
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Byline: Alicia Chang The Associated Press
In its 19th century heyday, pioneers, immigrants and cargo swarmed the Erie Canal, a bustling, fluid gateway that opened up the country's heartland and the West.
When the canal faded from prominence at the turn of the last century, a myth arose that it had been destroyed.
Armed with old maps and shovels, a group of scientists have set out to prove otherwise. Since 1999, their careful detective work has yielded promise: They have recovered two original canal locks and other remnants from when the man-made waterway expanded.
But they face their greatest challenge this month when they try to ...