One result of the Erie Canal is that it was faster to get from one place to another from up the Hudson into the Erie Canal and after you can get any where from there. An even bigger benefit was the reduction in cost of transportation.
One result of the Erie Canal is that it was faster to get from one place to another from up the Hudson into the Erie Canal and after you can get any where from there. An even bigger benefit was the reduction in cost of transportation.
The Erie Canal was the one.
Construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York. At one time or another there were around 50,000 people who worked on the canal.
It took eight years to build the Erie Canal.
One is the Erie Canal.
Yes there were other canals built because of the success of the Erie Canal. Canada built one and Ohio built several.
One half of the workers on the Erie Canal came from Ireland, specifically Northern Ireland.
Erie Canal has two heights. One portion is up to 566 Feet and one side 365 Feet from sea level. So locks are constructed to control the flow and for smooth sailing of boats.
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Because canal boats were shallow-draft, flat-bottomed vessels, the original depth of the Erie Canal was about 4 feet. It was deepened over the years until in the early 20th Century it was dredged to a minimum depth of 12 feet to accommodate traffic which is primarily made up of pleasure boats.
Dewitt Clinton was the man who pushed for the Erie canal. At first no one thought it would any success what so ever. People called it "Clinton's Ditch". Then, in 1825 the Erie Canal was finished. It stretched from Lake Erie near Buffalo, past Syracuse along the Mohawk river and then to Albany along the Hudson River. It was a HUGE success, reducing the cost and time for a regular boat. The Erie Canal was a man made waterway from Lake Erie to the Atlantic by way of Albany, NY. It helped New York eclipse Philadelphia as the largest city and port of the Eastern Seaboard of the US.