The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...
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The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with...
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Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on Lake Erie in...
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and Erie Canal was a 274-mile (441 km) canal that ran from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. Construction...
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mid-west was greatly accelerated by the Erie Canal. The profits generated by the Erie Canal project started a canal building boom in the United States that...
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The Beaver and Erie Canal, also known as the Erie Extension Canal, was part of the Pennsylvania Canal system and consisted of three sections: the Beaver...
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The New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal) is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York. The...
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Low Bridge (song) (redirect from Erie Canal (song))
Also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal", "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal", "Erie Canal Song", "Erie Barge Canal", and "Mule Named Sal", the song...
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Welland Canal eclipsed[citation needed] other, narrower canals in the region, such as the Trent-Severn Waterway and, significantly, the Erie Canal (which...
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a Canal to Lake Erie and Report, known as the Erie Canal Commission, was a body created by the New York State Legislature in 1810 to plan the Erie Canal...
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DeWitt, New York (section Erie Canal)
Military Tract. The first settlers arrived around 1789. The original Erie Canal progressed through the town in 1825. DeWitt was formed in 1835 from the...
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Erie Canal for use by commercial vessels, fully opening in 1823. Today, it is mostly used by recreational boaters as part of the New York State Canal...
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park (category Ohio and Erie Canalway National Heritage Area)
the canal, especially the years from 1825 to 1876. The canal-era building once served canal boat passengers waiting to pass through the Ohio and Erie Canal's...
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The Erie Canal Museum is a historical museum about the Erie Canal located in Syracuse, New York. The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, non-profit...
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Lake Erie (/ˈɪri/ EER-ee; French: Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest...
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DeWitt Clinton (category Erie Canal)
last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election...
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after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city at its western terminus. Its position at the eastern end of Lake Erie strengthened the economy...
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Lock 18, Erie Canal may refer to: Lock 18 of the Erie Canal Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie Canal This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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York's development of its interior, beginning with the construction of the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the United States...
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the Wabash and Erie Canal, a canal and towpath that once bound together northern, central, and southern Indiana. The segment of the canal that passes through...
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Tonawanda, New York (redirect from Tonawanda (city), Erie County, New York)
opening of the Erie Canal, completed in the course of the creek in 1825. The Town of Tonawanda was incorporated in 1836. The Erie Canal and the railroads...
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advancements necessitated by the War of 1812, as well as the construction of the Erie Canal, among other developments. As Western Europe industrialized in the mid-to-late...
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Liverpool, New York (section Erie Canal and salt)
just outside the village. Once the (Erie Canal) and (Oswego Canal) were built, the area was settled by Irish canal workers, Yankee settlers, and, later...
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Canastota, New York (section The Erie Canal)
in 1835, but was reorganized in 1870. Located along the banks of the Erie Canal, which was completed through the Mohawk River valley by 1825, Canastota...
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Jordan, New York (section Erie Canal)
of Syracuse. The village bloomed with the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. Due to the canal, Jordan became larger than Elbridge Village farther south...
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after the canal was finished, turning Buffalo and other port cities into boomtowns. The success of the Erie Canal inspired many other canal projects....
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The Warren County Canal was a branch of the Miami and Erie Canal in southwestern Ohio about 20 miles (32 km) in length that connected the Warren County...
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at the 2020 census. Canal Winchester was founded in 1828 by Reuben Dove and John Colman. When construction of the Ohio & Erie Canal came through Dove's...
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The Old Erie Canal State Historic Park encompasses a 36-mile (58 km) linear segment of the original Erie Canal's Long Level section. It extends westward...
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1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers (near Liverpool) to Lake Ontario at Oswego. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.3 m), with...
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