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Above we show a pleasing chart of the various channels for conveying the trade of the north west to the Atlantic sea-board exhibiting the tributaries & drainage of the trade into each and the effect of the enlargement of the Erie Canal, illustrating the position taken by William J. McAlpine, C.E. in his Annual Report as State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, 1853. It was created in 1853. Map shows railways and other transportatin routes of the day.
Map shows eastern part of the United States
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