The Albany and Schenectady Railroad was built as a quicker alternative to bypass a place that a feat of supernatural strength was performed by who?
Albany and Schenectady Railroad:  It was conceived as a means of allowing Erie Canal passengers to quickly bypass the circuitous Cohoes Falls via steam powered trains. Cohoes Falls:  In the oral tradition of the "Haudenosaunee" (Iroquois), the Cohoes Falls are the site where The Great Peacemaker, performed a feat of supernatural strength, convincing the Mohawk people to become the founders of the Iroquois League of Nations or Confederacy.
The Great Peacemaker