The Erie Canal in New York was the first canal dug by the Irish. They did a splendid job and were hired by Mansuel White to dig the New Basin Canal in New Orleans. They were shipped in but the conditions were so bad -- no shelter. no food -- that they decided to leave. There is an article in the Times-Picayune…
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