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===19th century=== {{Further|Battle of Lake Erie|Pennsylvania in the American Civil War}} President [[James Madison]] began the construction of a naval fleet during the [[War of 1812]] to gain control of the [[Great Lakes]] from the [[British Army|British]]. Daniel Dobbins of Erie and Noah Brown of Boston were notable shipbuilders who led the construction of four schooner−rigged gunboats and two brigs. Commodore [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] arrived from [[Rhode Island]] and led the squadron to success in the historic [[Battle of Lake Erie]].<ref>"History of Erie County", pp. 299, 306.</ref> Erie was an important shipbuilding, fishing, and railroad hub during the mid-19th century. The city was the site where three sets of [[track gauge]]s met. While the delays engendered cargo troubles for commerce and travel, they provided much-needed local jobs in Erie. When a national [[standard gauge|standardized gauge]] was proposed, those jobs, and the importance of the rail hub itself, were put in jeopardy. In an event known as the [[Erie Gauge War]], the citizens of Erie, led by the mayor, set fire to bridges, ripped up tracks, and rioted to try to stop the standardization.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rhodes |first=James Ford |author-link=James Ford Rhodes |title=History of the United States from the compromise of 1850 |year=1900 |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/historyunitedst20rhodgoog |volume=3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyunitedst20rhodgoog/page/n41 21]}}</ref>
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