Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state Canal Corporation on Friday announced the completion of a construction project to address persistent seepage along the ...
Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief’s return to the Lockport Locks next week will be a homecoming of a sort. The vessel that’s re-enacting New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 1825 Erie Canal-opening voyage ...
It’s technically been the Erie Canal’s bicentennial the entire nine years that Natalie Stetson has been executive director of the Erie Canal Museum, in downtown Syracuse. Construction of the 353-mile ...
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The Erie Canal: How a 'big ditch' transformed America's economy, culture and even religion
Construction began on July 4, 1817. Completed eight years later, the canal stretched some 363 miles (584 kilometers), with 18 aqueducts and 83 locks to compensate for elevation changes en route. All ...
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