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Erie Canal Was Built With Raw Labor & Amateur Engineers
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The man-made waterway was designed by an untrained amateur crew of self-taught local engineers that included a few inexperienced surveyors and at least one local math teacher. The 40-foot wide canal was dug and the locks were constructed by the raw manpower of an estimated 50,000 laborers
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