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“On the day
of the annual
meeting the
president
died.”
new president, William H. Browning.
Then in April, 1852, there came a flood so severe that it changed the course of the river, leaving some of the canals high and dry. An engineer, looking at the brighter side, observed that the flood had been a great help in scouring out channels and removing earth. However, the canals, not matter how clean, were of no use without water and it was several years later that Browning was able to report that the last lock and dam
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