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__Canals__ by: Aj Baker and Brandon Phillippi  In the canals use horses to pull the boats down the canals. It was even harder to get it up the canals. The reason for the canals was for shorter trip up and down the canals and a wider trade route. the effect on the economy at first took large amounts of money to build.

It also created jobs. But the reward was much greater. the canals provided more trade and faster travel. It also created better comercial fishing.

easier than following the river into each states

captatoil for trade and made it easeir to travel and made navagation alot easer altternative route tio the atlantic leaving the erie canal is a short trip to the atlantic

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