Erie Canal

The Erie Canal was not the first canal built in the United States, but it was the most influential.

The Erie Canal is a historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany.

The Erie Canal crossed the state of New York from the city of Buffalo on Lake Erie to Albany and Troy on the Hudson River.

The cannons were part of a celebration to observe the completion of the Erie Canal.

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: But the Erie Canal and the other parts of the New York canal system got help.

He was speaking about the effects of the Erie Canal, which connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.

One day I heard a story about a group who had ridden from Buffalo to Albany , along the old Erie Canal tow path.

Here the Erie Canal was built, after several years of work it was completed in 1825.

STEVE EMBER: Today, an area called the Canalway National Heritage Corridor contains parts of the Erie Canal of the eighteen hundreds.

a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal.

The Erie canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city.

The Erie Canal became the largest part, linked to three shorter canals.

Are the connected Lake Erie Canal.

The Erie Canal is America's next great conveyor belt of commerce.

After many years of work the Erie Canal was completed in 1825.

A mule named Sal became famous in a folk song called "The Erie Canal. "

An industrial center, the city was built around a series of locks on the Erie Canal. Population, 24, 426.

The original terminus of the Erie Canal is being rebuilt to attract tourists and shops;