When Mules Ruled the Canal - 10 That Changed America | The Erie Canal may have been an engineering triumph, but at first traffic was driven by mules - who had to
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WTTW - Chicago PBS on X: "The Erie Canal was an amazing engineering feat - and in its early days it used mules to draw barges: https://t.co/VM1sD0hjdZ #10ChangedAmerica @PBS https://t.co/9IusYCjRpV" / X
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