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The effects were huge.

People could move westward easily and cheaply. The connection into the Great Lakes allowed the expansion of the United States throughout the Great Lakes region.

Manufacturing was spread out, putting factories near the sources of raw materials without restricting the market. Goods or raw materials could be transported throughout the area cheaply, allowing New York to be come a center of industrialization.

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