SCHENECTADY — Dozens cheered as a wooden canal boat was pulled into Schenectady’s Mohawk Harbor on Tuesday afternoon, marking a stark contrast compared to the first time a similar vessel made the trek from Lake Erie to Schenectady 200 years ago.

Then-Gov. DeWitt Clinton was ignored by many city leaders as he celebrated the opening of the Erie Canal by making the 363-mile trip from Buffalo to New York City aboard the vessel Seneca Chief, stopping at cities along the way.

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