Friday, November 03, 2006

November 4

On the 4th in 1825, the Erie Canal was officially completed. New York Governor DeWitt Clinton officiated at the Wedding of the Waters ceremony during which he poured water from Lake Erie in to the water of New York Harbor. It is unusual that they held a wedding ceremony because the Erie Canal can’t really be said to be straight.

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