Waters Within The Nation Analysis

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Waters Within the Nation Cameron Hart CON E 101, Construction and Culture Dr. K. Walsh October 8, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Impacts of the Structure 4 Relationship to Builders, Place, and Time 7 Conclusions 8 Review of the Text 9 References 10 Introduction In the early 19th century, the United States that we know of was about to undergo an enormous change in the way people could interact with each other. The people living in New York at the time had been very skeptical of this structure being built through their state. This structure being mentioned was the construction progress of the Erie Canal. The canal ran from Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York, down to Albany, connecting the water passageway to the Hudson River and…show more content…
“They proposed a canal which would strike out ahead of the older society of eastern New York, penetrate the frontier, and create a new mold for the future of the Old Northwest” (Shaw, 3). The Erie Canal was an incredible milestone for engineers and politicians for it had stretched out about 363 miles, which was an extremely far distance to travel around that time period, for there were no comfortable rides or ways of quick transportation before. Completed in October 1825, the canal was meant to advance the society, economy, and create a revolutionary technological advance in the nation and world. In the book Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation, Peter L. Bernstein wanted to show the story of the Erie Canal and the unfamiliar history that people normally wouldn’t know about it and how it helped mold the United States
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