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You are probably thinking of his role in the building of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a big supporter of the canal, which had a lot of opposition as a waste of time and money When the Canal was finished in 1825, Governor Clinton opened it, sailing in the packet boat Seneca Chief along the Canal into Buffalo. After sailing from the mouth of Lake Erie to New York City he emptied two casks of water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor, celebrating the first connection of waters from East to West.

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Torrance Durgan

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