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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:canal
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gptkbp:builtBy
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gptkb:State_of_New_York
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gptkbp:connects
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gptkb:Hudson_River
gptkb:Lake_Erie
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gptkbp:constructionStartYear
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1817
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gptkbp:cost
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$7 million (original)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:crosses
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gptkb:Cayuga_Lake
gptkb:Genesee_River
gptkb:Mohawk_River
gptkb:Oswego_River
gptkb:Tonawanda_Creek
gptkb:Seneca_River
gptkb:Oneida_Lake
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gptkbp:deepened
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1862
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gptkbp:endPoint
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gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
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gptkbp:engineer
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gptkb:Benjamin_Wright
gptkb:John_B._Jervis
gptkb:Canvass_White
gptkb:James_Geddes
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gptkbp:enlarged
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1905-1918
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gptkbp:featuredIn
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gptkb:Low_Bridge,_Everybody_Down_(song)
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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facilitated westward expansion
boosted New York City's growth
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Erie Canal
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gptkbp:length
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363 miles
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:New_York
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Albany
gptkb:Buffalo
gptkb:Rochester
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Lockport
gptkb:Schenectady
gptkb:Utica
gptkb:Troy
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gptkbp:maximumBoatHeight
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15.5 feet
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gptkbp:maximumVesselLength
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12 feet
300 feet
43.5 feet
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Lake_Erie
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Clinton's_Ditch
gptkb:The_Nation's_First_Superhighway
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gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber
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66000503
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gptkbp:numberOfLocks
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currently 36
originally 83
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gptkbp:opened
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1825
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:New_York_State_Canal_Corporation
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:New_York_State_Canal_System
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:New_York_State_Barge_Canal
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gptkbp:startPoint
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gptkb:Albany,_New_York
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gptkbp:status
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open
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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1992
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gptkbp:usedFor
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recreation
tourism
commercial shipping
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gptkbp:widened
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1834
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Benjamin_Wright
gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York,_United_States
gptkb:Syracuse
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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