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The St. Lawrence Seaway opens
Massena, New York
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Locks and dams built jointly with Canada let ocean ships reach Duluth, 2,300 miles inland, and generated the cheap power that drew aluminium smelters to the north country. It flooded ten villages on the Canadian side and took Mohawk land at Akwesasne. Ships have since outgrown the locks, which is why the Midwest's grain mostly leaves by rail.
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