In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress.

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Wetland loss has been caused by the Army Corps of Engineers channeling the Mississippi for flood control, with the result that all the sediment in the river is being lost over the continental shelf.

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It also puts American on equal footing with Continental Airlines, which is enjoying the benefits of a big investment in its international terminal across the Hudson River at Newark Airport in New Jersey.

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