Stairway to Empire: Lockport, the Erie Canal, and the Shaping of America
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The story of the Erie Canal's completion and its place in the larger narrative of American modernity and progress.
Winner of the 2009 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives
The stunning achievement of the Erie Canal's completion is brought to life in this riveting story. In the spring of 1821, thousands of workers descended on the isolated village of Lockport, New Yor...






















