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Roll Out the Barrels

By Jennifer Walkowski - October 17, 2012

In a time when barrels were essential to shipping goods on the Erie Canal, the E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company transformed the manufacturing industry and helped Buffalo thrive as a port city. 

The full content is available in the Fall 2012 Issue.

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