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| | History of Schenectady County, New York (1824) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The County of Schenectady, has the Mohawk River across the northern part, and along its northern boundary, the Mohawk turnpike westward from Albany, and the Erie Canal, connecting the Hudson with Lake Erie, through the heart of its population and business. |
 | | In early times, Schenectady, at the foot of navigation on the Mohawk, had a portage to Albany of 18 or 20 miles, now reduced to 15 1/2, and now has a free navigation, by that wonder of the age, the Erie Canal. |
 | | This town was formerly the 4th ward of the city of Schenectady, and was erected into a separate town or township by act of the Legislature in 1820. |
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