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2 unusual facts about Whitewater Canal


Samuel Bigger

The Whitewater Canal, two other smaller canal projects, and the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad were transferred to the creditors in exchange for a 50% reduction in the debt they held, leaving the state owing a total debt of around $9 million.

Whitewater Canal

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 paved the way for improvement projects across the United States and changed the course of American transportation history.



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