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evgen
on March 13, 2018
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The US Marines' Love Affair with 3D Printing
In the era in question westward movement was towards and over the Adirondacks. Formidable obstacle for ox-drawn sleds, but nothing like the Rockies...
undergrowth54
on March 13, 2018
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Broadly correct, though I think you mean the Berkshires, not the Adirondacks. Albany -> Rochester is not mountainous, which is why the erie canal went that route.
dredmorbius
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Specifically, the Mohawk Valley. Still 600+ locks, but tenable in 1825.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_Valley
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