Many VoicesBy: Laurie Lawlor The Nations First Superhighway existed before the spread of cars or even railroads! This immersive photo book ferries readers through the past and present of the Erie Canal, from impossible idea to groundbreaking reality. In the twenty first century, its hard to imagine a canal as cutting edge technology. Yet even to the most scientifically minded, the Erie Canal once seemed an unachievable dream. Thomas Jefferson himself called it