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Thread #30964 Message #401272
Posted By: Arkie
19-Feb-01 - 01:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Erie Canal (E-Ri-E)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: The Erie Canal
I read a few nights ago that one of the reasons the Erie Canal was constructed was to transport salt from the mines near Syracuse and that the canal was nicknamed "the ditch that salt built". Anyone know anything to verify this?