*slaps the Hudson River*
>"This bad boy can hold the entire agricultural value of the Ohio Valley AND import more European goods than anywhere else on the East Coast, Mr. President. All I would need is a small loan from the government."
>"I can hardly see how you could feasibly dig a ditch across the entire state, Mr. Clinton. Request denied."
>"Fuck it, we'll do it live."
>*giant sucking sound*
>toll fees repay the $7 million price tag just 9 years later
>put countless dirty Irish immigrants to work (and killed plenty in the mosquito-infested Montezuma swamps)
>NYC rivals fucking London economically before the end of the 19th century
>revolutionizes the science of geology along the way just because
>all thanks to a 4ft deep ditch
How the FUCK did he do it?
>"I can hardly see how you could feasibly dig a ditch across the entire state, Mr. Clinton. Request denied."
>"Fuck it, we'll do it live."
>*giant sucking sound*
>toll fees repay the $7 million price tag just 9 years later
>put countless dirty Irish immigrants to work (and killed plenty in the mosquito-infested Montezuma swamps)
>NYC rivals fucking London economically before the end of the 19th century
>revolutionizes the science of geology along the way just because
>all thanks to a 4ft deep ditch
How the FUCK did he do it?