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Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch (Images of America)

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Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch chronicles the tale of a central New York State canal and the way it changed the region. In 1825, the Omnibus Canal Bill had known as for a survey of a canal linking the Susquehanna River at Binghamton to the Erie Canal in Utica. The speculation of a canal used to be well received within the Chenango Valley but used to be opposed by many out of doors it. After eight years of legislative battles, the canal used to be after all authorized in 1833 with a proposed million-dollar budget. Against seeming insurmountable odds, the 97-mile canal used to be completed in 1836. Touted as “the most productive built canal in New York State,” the canal used to be never profitable for the state, however it did bring a measure of prosperity to the communities along its length, delivering cheap coal from Pennsylvania to emerging steam-powered factories.

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