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Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal

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Packet Boat Page 40
Packet boat on page 40
Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal by Jacob Abbott (Courtesy of Empire State Books, an imprint of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, PO Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299)
Packet on Page 44
Packet boat on page 44
Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal by Jacob Abbott (Courtesy of Empire State Books, an imprint of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, PO Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299)
Line Boat Page 202
Line boat on page 202
Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal by Jacob Abbott (Courtesy of Empire State Books, an imprint of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, PO Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299)

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Packet boat
PAcket boat 1854 west of Rochester
Packet boat from the collection of the Rochester City Hall Photo Lab (Courtesy of Rochester Images) Packet boat from the collection of the Rochester City Hall Photo Lab (Courtesy of Rochester Images)

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