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Re:The Erie Canal: The man-made waterway that transformed th... by pchristensen on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:51AM (#40996851)
I highly recommend The Path Between the Seas, about the building of the Panama Canal - https://www.amazon.com/Path-Between-Seas-Creation-1870-1914/...

I didn't realize how important that project was to the strengthening of the federal government, government stimulus, public health, American industry exports, etc. It also showed how sophisticated things like investing and lobbying were 130 years ago - I thought those were newer concepts.

Re:The Erie Canal: The man-made waterway that transformed th... by pfdietz on Thursday July 18, 2024 @05:40PM (#41000034)
Very militarily important too (it would enable the US fleet to cover both coasts) which is why Teddy Roosevelt pushed for it.