Transportation
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Broad Street is built over the route of the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825, and this section was last used in the 1919 season. The canal was an artery carrying life to many communities, and the steady flow of commerce from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic strengthened the union. Its persistent impulse enlarged the Village of Rochester into a city and made New York the Empire State. Nearby was the landing place of the packet boats used in transit by many New England pioneers.
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Rochester, New York · United States
