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Canal workers People

The story of the canal is a story of people. Prominent individuals who envisioned a gateway west. Immigrants who performed backbreaking work digging the canal. Families who lived and worked on the canal.

 

 

 

 

| History | People | Thomas Cresap | Justice William O. Douglas | Families | Interviews with Canal Workers | Charles Fenton Mercer | The Spong Family | Canal Workers | Benjamin Wright | George Washington | How a Lock Works |