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Erie Canal Legacy

其他書名	Architectural Treasures of the Empire State
出版	Landmark Soc. of Western New York, 2000
主題	History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
ISBN	09641706639780964170667
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0Vk66OEoLzsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"Americans have never ceased to marvel over the Erie Canal, built between 1817 and 1825, because it still stands today as the boldest, most heroic, technologically challenging achievement ever undertaken by this country. Beyond the physical wonder of the Erie Canal is the fact that it opened the settlement and industrialization of the country all the way beyond the Mississippi. Its construction deprived Canada and the British from forming the center of development on the northern shores of the Great Lakes after the bitter War of 1812, and, equally important, it stopped the South from pushing its influence north through the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at a time when New Orleans was a more important port city than New York City. Many historians agree that, without the settlement of the Midwest from the east that was made possible by the Erie Canal, the Civil War and the slavery issue might have ended quite differently. The tranquil waters of the Erie Canal today belie its paramount role in the development of the United States, but the architectural and engineering legacy along its 363-mile route reflect the enormous impact it had on our country's growth. The canal made New York the Empire State. Great resources in this wilderness state blossomed to supply the world with incredible developed riches. The American industrial revolution started here. So today, the nation's legacy is not only the canal, but the great cities, charming villages, and their distinguished architecture that now enhance the 363-mile-long landscape. This legacy is the focus of this book with impressive photographs and anecdotal text to bring it all alive again." --