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Immigrant Irish “navvies” (as in navigator) excavated the Erie Canal by hand. (“At Work on the Erie Canal” (English School, 20th century)/Private Collection/Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images
Immigrant Irish “navvies” (as in navigator) excavated the Erie Canal by hand. (“At Work on the Erie Canal” (English School, 20th century)/Private Collection/Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images