Canal Lands
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canal-lands-250-8247437
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Canal Lands
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Canal Lands were tracts of land donated by the federal government to several Great Lakes states in the 19th century to encourage internal improvements and aid in funding the construction of Canals. These states sold the land tracts to private parties to raise funds for canal construction. Checkerboarding was used as a compromise method between opponents and proponents of such federal subsidies, and this subsidy system continued with land grants to railroads between 1851 and 1870.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Lands
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2024-04-11T21:15:45Z
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