Next came the Erie Canal, an enormous project in its day, spanning about 350 miles.

接下来是伊利运河，这是当时的一项巨大工程，全长约350英里。

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Eventually, the western states diverted much of their produce from the rivers to the Erie Canal, a shorter route to eastern markets.

最终，西部各州将大部分农产品从河流转移到伊利运河，这是一条通往东部市场的较短路线。

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I heard a story about a group who had ridden along the old Erie Canal tow path.

我听说有一群人沿着老艾里运河拖船路骑行的故事。

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One of them - the Erie Canal - opened the West to commerce by connecting New York's Hudson River with the Great Lakes in the heartland.

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All this, of course, was fuelled by I mentioned it already--a transportation revolution symbolized by the Erie Canal, finished in 1825, which remained profitable all the way out into the 1880s.

当然,所有这些都是由于,我已经提过,1825开通的,伊利运河所带来的交通革命所导致的,这条运河直到十九世纪八十年代还在盈利

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Following the Erie Canal, we wound up, as did its earliest passengers, at Niagara Falls.

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Politicking nonetheless bedevilled the Erie Canal from its conception in 1807 to its completion 18 years later.

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For excitement, instead of whitewater rafting down the Colorado River, he takes his family on a houseboat ride through the Erie Canal.

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