I was struck by something when looking at some website analytics today.

This is the image I was looking at:

Notice that line of dots across the middle of the state? That’s no accident. Here’s why:

The Erie Canal was a major engineering feat of the early 1800s and was a key transport path for over 100 years, although after around 1950 or so it stopped being a significant part of the commercial transportation network.

It’s kind of neat that the canal is visible from cyberspace.