Strengthening the Economy and Improving the Quality of Life: Infrastructure for a 21st Century New York

Chris McNickle
Nov 7 · 23 min read
Amtrak’s Gateway

Introduction

New York State secured its central place in the United States economy by building the Erie Canal early in the nineteenth century. When railroads displaced the waterway as the transportation network that mattered most, Empire State industrialists rushed to lay down tracks. In…

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