GW2500
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So I was wondering if back in the day of Erie and Middlesex and any other canal, what was the advantage of pulling cargo via a canal. It's to my understanding that loads were pulled by horse or donkey. How would that have been any faster than clearing a path and pulling it by a wheeled cart? I imagine when steam powered boats came around it would be faster, but when it's just live stock, can't see the speed being faster.