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Which city was the first major American city to be built on a location without a navigable river? What allowed this to be possible?

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The Erie Canal in New York is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State ... It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the ... for 363 miles (584 km) from the Hudson River in Albany to Lake Erie in Buffalo. ... The canal was first proposed in the 1780s, then re-proposed in 1807.

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