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Covington Finds New Trade Route as Canals Rise
The piece recalls Covington’s slow growth up to fifty years, hindered by impassable roads and waterways. The 1846 completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal connected Covington to Lafayette and Terre Haute, spurring trade despite canal speculation losses. Civil War era shifts and later railroad dominance ended its canal era and altered Covington’s commerce.
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