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At the Erie Canal Village near Rome, one could take a boat ride
on a restored packet boat. According to our guide, an actual boat
wouldn't have railings or chairs on top. Instead passengers could
stand or sit on the roof. The phrase "low bridge, everybody
down," meant you had to get off the roof since there might be as
little as 6 inches of clearance. Passengers that had paid for a
seat below could go there. Passengers that hadn't had to hang
over the sides from a rail! Hard to believe.
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