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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In New York, a 375-ton steam packet ship for transatlantic crossings is nearly ready for launch, and the Grand Canal advances rapidly from Mohawk to Salina with contracts to Seneca River nearly complete, employing over 2000 men.
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Progress of Improvements.—A ship of about 375 tons is now nearly ready to be launched, from one of our ship yards, which is actually to be fitted up with a steam engine and apparatus, as a Steam Packet ship for crossing the Atlantic.
We learn that the Grand Canal is in rapid advancement from the Mohawk to the Salina; and contracts from thence to Seneca river are nearly completed. It is stated that upwards of 2000 men are employed on the works the present season, besides cattle and labor-saving machinery.
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New York
Event Date
July 11
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ship nearly ready for launch; canal in rapid advancement with contracts nearly completed and over 2000 men employed.
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A 375-ton ship is nearly ready to launch from a New York shipyard to be fitted as a steam packet for Atlantic crossings. The Grand Canal progresses from Mohawk to Salina, with contracts to Seneca River nearly done, employing over 2000 men plus cattle and machinery this season.