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Jesse Hawley had an idea for the canal in 1805 but went bankrupt trying to get funding. James Geddes and Benjamin Wright laid out the route for the canal. Canvas White designed the Locks after going to England to study canals there.
Benjamin Wright was the chief engineer and his assistant was James Geddes. John Sullivan, John Jervis, Nathan Roberts, Canvass White and also worked on the canal. De Witt Clinton was the governor of New York who signed state legislation to fund the building of the canal.
DeWitt Clinton believed in the Erie Canal and got funding for it. It was designed by Benjamin Wright and built by Irish immigrants.
Benjamin Franklin White died in 1879.
Benjamin Franklin White was born in 1800.
Benjamin White Norris died in 1873.
Benjamin White Norris was born in 1819.
white
He was white.
Canal connecting Russia from the white sea to the Baltic
The name of Benjamin's mother in "Benjamin's Open Day" by Jane White is Mrs. Thompson.
Very white.