| 单词 | Erie Canal |
| 例句 | The city was the western terminus of the Erie Canal; Lake Erie flows into the Niagara River; and the much smaller Buffalo River twists through the city’s southern side. In Buffalo, N.Y., a new vitality is giving the once-gritty city wings The scenes that would inspire him had only recently become accessible to most people, thanks to the building of the Erie Canal and improved passenger travel. ‘Scenes of Solitude’ from Hudson River School Artists 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The exhibition proceeds chronologically and geographically from the 1800s and the building of the Erie Canal through today. Can Art Help Save the Planet? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z In port cities along GlassBarge’s route, nearby museums and institutions will contribute programming that depicts life along the Erie Canal in the 19th century. Floating Heritage Tour Celebrates Glass and the Erie Canal 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It was also the year that construction began on the Erie Canal and, as a result, the port of New York exploded. The 200-Year-Old Bar Beloved by Book Editors and Longshoremen 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z With logging damage to watersheds threatening the Erie Canal and the Hudson River, a prohibition against timber harvesting on state lands in the park was put in the state constitution in 1894. Paddling through a painterly landscape in New York’s Adirondack Park 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z One of the biggest game changers was the Erie Canal, built in 1825 thanks to the vision of New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton, who got the idea from a bankrupt flour merchant. From safety pins to 3-D printers, inventions from a 'Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers' 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Clinton went on to champion the Erie Canal, the 363-mile ribbon of locks and water that opened the way to the rest of the country. Green-Wood Cemetery, Where Presidential Aspirants Enjoy an Afterlife 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Last summer, he broadened the museum’s programming even more, offering a series called “Beers, Bikes and Barges” that involved partnerships with other organizations between Albany and Buffalo that have a connection to the Erie Canal. Taking the Museum Experience Outdoors 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The route parallels the Erie Canal along a 40-mile stretch from Medina – about an hour east of Niagara Falls – to Brockport, a college town just west of Rochester. All Aboard to Dine and Drink 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The two spent their honeymoon in 1998 plying the Erie Canal in a narrow boat, after getting married in another 19th-century canal town, Waterloo Village, near the Morris Canal at Stanhope, N.J. History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal 2010-07-29T21:54:00Z The Erie Canal Museum took a different tack. Taking the Museum Experience Outdoors 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z She recruited an Erie Canal boat tour, rented the main building to 80 regional companies to display their wares, put in another restaurant and gave the whole center a name: Gems Along the Mohawk. Crystal Visions: Just Dig ?Em Up 2011-07-28T22:27:13Z He described how the United States, “a country that once amazed the world with its visionary investments in transportation, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System” was now dismantling its infrastructure. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z In the new year, Palmyra brings moonlight curling to the Erie Canal, beginning in late January or early February, depending on weather. In Transit Blog: In New York State, Dickens and Root Vegetable Curling 2013-12-20T15:52:26Z William H. Seward in gratitude for his work expanding the Erie Canal. ArtsBeat: Attorney General’s Office Voices Concern about Sale of Hudson River School Painting 2013-09-12T20:02:19Z The docent tells us that the river’s canal was the country’s busiest until the Erie Canal opened. In Havre de Grace, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, a rich maritime history — and ducks, lots of ducks 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Arguably stealing the show, though, was an endearing piece for youth chorus and orchestra about the Erie Canal, which filled the stage with Washington-area kids singing wholeheartedly. Review | Festival probes formula for orchestral creativity. Bottom line: good music. 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Anchored off the shores of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the restored 1914 Hudson River barge has become a stage for Canal to Coast, a series of programs celebrating the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “The entire region would not be what it is today without the Erie Canal,” he said. Floating Heritage Tour Celebrates Glass and the Erie Canal 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z As a boy, he worked along the Erie Canal, experiencing some of the worst labor conditions that nineteenth-century America had to offer. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a nice place to view fall foliage via its several trails, including the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. Where to see the best fall foliage across the country 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The box also contained a medal that celebrates the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Coins and medal found in mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z There was also an Erie Canal commemorative medal dating to 1826. West Point time capsule that appeared to contain nothing more than silt yields centuries-old coins 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The flat-bottomed boat carrying local hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of an historic underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal in the western New York city of Lockport, killing one person. Panic, yelling as tour boat capsizes inside Erie Canal water tunnel in western New York 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Canals linked Manchester to coal fields, the Erie Canal was built in the US to link the Great Lakes to the eastern seaboard, and even Russia built a canal between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I thought that’s the role Congress has played since the Erie Canal.” Shelby, One of the Senate’s Last Big Spenders, ‘Got Everything’ for Alabama 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z “This is our Erie Canal moment. Just as the Erie Canal fueled explosive job growth and prosperity in the 19th century, so will these investments fuel explosive job growth and prosperity in the 21st century.” Chipmaker Micron to build $20 billion N.Y. factory amid semiconductor boom 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “This is like a 21st century Erie Canal,” Schumer said of the New York plant. Schumer: Micron to bring microchip plant to upstate New York 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z At the time, Rochester was a boomtown because the Erie Canal had brought a lively shipping business. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Softening the rough edges of Buffalo’s commercial past is also a focus downtown, at Canalside, a neighborhood-in-progress that hugs a short remnant of the original Erie Canal. Buffalo’s ‘Other Story’ Is Told in Redevelopment and Growth 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Along the Erie Canal, families gave up homespun for factory cloth. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z By 1830, the creation of the Erie Canal cut the travel time in half. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By early 2021, he was headed back up to the Great Lakes and to New York State, where he followed the Erie Canal to the Hudson River and ultimately to the Statue of Liberty. Two Years, 22 Rivers, 7,500 Miles. Crossing America by Canoe. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The success of the Erie Canal led to other, similar projects. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The lengthy decision contains a broad examination of past decisions, going back to the Erie Canal. State appeals court rejects long-standing challenge to California bullet train 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z With even less supervision, migrant bachelors fanned across the country to labor on large-scale construction projects like the Erie Canal or the growing network of railroads. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Travelers and products could move west from New York City, up the Hudson River, along the Erie Canal, and across one or more of the Great Lakes completely by water. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From Lake Erie, Mr. Moore paddled roughly half of the 350-mile Erie Canal across New York and walked his canoe for the other half, after the state closed operations for the season. Two Years, 22 Rivers, 7,500 Miles. Crossing America by Canoe. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z For example, at first they opposed the Erie Canal project, but when the popularity of the massive transportation venture became clear, they supported it. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Public funds built physical infrastructure, from the Erie Canal to the interstate highway system. Spending as if the future matters 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The Erie Canal cost about $7 million in 1825; competing projects were at least as costly and not nearly so profitable. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The success of the Erie Canal led to more canal building. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As a young man in the 1930s Joseph Kaptur, the youngest of 16 children, worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps helping to drain the Erie Canal and build roads. Democrats Want a ‘Climate Corps.’ They Just Can’t Agree How to Create It. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Two centuries ago, New York’s and New Jersey’s bays, harbors and tidal rivers teemed with wild oysters that were shipped to restaurants in Paris and London and by barge along the Erie Canal. Oyster Farmers Who Feared Going Broke Brace for a ‘Bonkers’ Summer 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z In the 1820s, the nation’s first ambitious man-made infrastructure project, the 363-mile Erie Canal, established that New York, not New Orleans or Boston, would be the premier U.S. port, with enormous political and cultural consequences. Opinion | Is the America of today even capable of performing great building feats? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z New York paid the entire cost of the Erie Canal with state bonds, while the state of Pennsylvania spent some $65 million on public works before 1860. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z I consider myself a lay historian who talks way too much at dinner parties, leading with questions like, “Do you know that the Erie Canal is the reason Manhattan became the economic center of America?” Opinion | Tom Hanks: You Should Learn the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi compares Biden’s plan to the far-reaching aims of presidents before him - from Thomas Jefferson’s efforts to build the Erie Canal to Teddy Roosevelt’s designs on a national park system. Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell-GOP blockade 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Mrs. Pelosi, though, hailed Mr. Biden’s infrastructure proposal at her weekly press conference, likening it to the construction of the Erie Canal or creating the national park system. No more SALT in the wound? Pelosi backs removing deduction cap on state and local taxes 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The trail, most of which is off road, runs north from New York City through the Hudson and Champlain Valleys to Canada, and from Albany west to Buffalo along the Erie Canal. Cuomo: New York finishes work on 750-mile Empire State Trail 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z In the fertile Midwest, farmers turned wheat into flour to ship east on the Erie Canal or south on the Mississippi. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Erie Canal Start Construction Tree was reduced to slash, reportedly the result of nearby landowners tired of ogling, encroaching medallion-seekers. Rediscovered friends find trees, new strength amid pandemic 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z She’s also debuting her artwork, Canals/Underground Railroad, which traces the use of canals as part of the Underground Railroad during the 19th century, citing the Erie Canal among the routes to Canada. Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism' 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z In 1901, the then-booming Great Lakes and Erie Canal hub was a candidate to join the newly formed American League, before losing out to Boston. Buffalo to play home to Blue Jays considered a `Natural’ 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z In 1817, ground was broken for the Erie Canal in Rome, New York. Today in History 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Beginning in the 1820s, the first and greatest example of its power appeared when the northern phase of the Second Great Awakening blossomed along the path of New York’s Erie Canal. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Metro Parks also features several conservation areas and more than 150 miles of trails, including 22 miles of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Thanks to the Erie Canal, New York was booming in 1825 when Stewart invested his small inheritance in lace and other fripperies for women’s clothing. 5 New York Buildings That Changed American History 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Groups that nominated the Ohio & Erie Canal Southern Descent Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places also were among those receiving awards. History office honors preservation, education across Ohio 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal boosted New York City by creating a pathway to the port from the Great Lakes after it opened in 1825. $2B waterway through Deep South yet to yield promised boom 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal boosted New York City by creating a pathway to the port from the Great Lakes after it opened in 1825. $2B waterway through Deep South yet to yield promised boom 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z He bought the big wooden cruising yacht in May and brought it from Newport, Rhode Island, through the Erie Canal, the same way he moved Il Mostro to the Great Lakes. Thornton to sail 104-foot ketch in Chicago to Mackinac Race 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The four-story museum was built on the terminus of the original Erie Canal and is the latest addition to Canalside, the city’s popular waterfront destination. New children’s museum set to open on Buffalo waterfront 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z The district includes 14 canal sites along a 100-mile stretch of the former Ohio and Erie Canal. History office honors preservation, education across Ohio 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z A brave police officer risked his life responding to reports of a stranded dog in the frozen Erie Canal. Hero cop pulls stranded dog from icy Erie Canal 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Shortly before that, the Erie Canal finally connected the city to the Great Lakes, bringing jobs and the urbanization that allowed queer life to flourish – especially along Brooklyn’s waterfront. When Brooklyn was queer: telling the story of the borough's LGBTQ past 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z It was last auctioned in 1946 and features a portrait of DeWitt Clinton, who oversaw the construction of the Erie Canal during his tenure as the sixth governor of New York. Rarest, most valuable US paper bills in existence set for multimillion dollar auction 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The Erie Canal that brought in Buffalo’s heyday was derided early in its existence as New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton’s “big ditch.” You’re going where? Buffalo 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z It would eliminate regulation of ditches other than canals, such as the Erie Canal, that are used for commercial shipping or are affected by tides. Trump administration moves to slash federal protection for waterways 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z In 1825, the Erie Canal opened transport between Albany and Buffalo. Opinion | Capitalism besieged 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Then it was up the Hudson to the Erie Canal, and across to the Great Lakes. Oklahoma couple’s retirement journey takes them to waterways 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The Democrat says the first winning team will get $1.5 million to develop its plan to build pocket neighborhoods along the Erie Canal. Beer boats, canal-side neighborhoods win New York funding 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z A huge mural extols “Strength, Pride, Ambition: The Spirit of the Erie Canal” on one wall, while a giant black-and-white of the man-made waterway dominates another. You’re going where? Buffalo 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The governor said Wednesday that Lockport is an “ideal” recipient of the funds because of its growing tourism industry and its location on the Erie Canal. Lockport wins $10 million to redevelop downtown 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In the late 19th century, the city emerged as a cultural beacon, spurred by industrial boom times and the construction of the Erie Canal. Escape to Buffalo: A Skeptic’s Guide to a Great Weekend Getaway 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Canal Corporation officials are hosting a ceremony Tuesday north of Albany to mark the opening of the 194th navigation season along the eastern Erie Canal from Waterford to Utica. Erie Canal opening for another season 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Buffalo might never regain the industrial-age prominence it held in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the city became a Great Lakes shipping hub as the gateway to the Erie Canal. Buffalo buzzing over Bills draft picks, Sabres lottery win 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z It’s named after the packet boats that used to ply the Erie Canal, which cuts through Lockport. New affordable housing development with 60 units opens 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The old bridge parts will be sunk, along with 30 decommissioned barges, tugboats and tenders from the Erie Canal and upstate waterways as well as steel pipes and scrap materials from state transportation projects. Old Tappan Zee Bridge Gets New Life as Artificial Reef 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Thus, the Erie Canal, which created a transportation revolution by connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie, was financed by New York state. Trump’s infrastructure scheme: Tearing down 150 years of federal support 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z In the quarter-century after winning the race to the country’s interior with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, New York’s exports tripled while its population quadrupled. A Philadelphia Super Bowl victory would counter two centuries of US history 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Other winners presented views of the Erie Canal, Alaska and Iceland. New York State Fair to host 2nd drone video competition 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z The College at Brockport will receive $57,000 to build a trail along the side of the Erie Canal connecting the college to downtown. New York grants $1M for Erie Canal trails and attractions 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Clinton was the city’s mayor in the early 19th century and championed the building of the Erie Canal as governor of New York. ‘Hamilton’ stars at unveiling of museum’s restored statues 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The Coast Guard says the items belonged to a man who was kayaking the Erie Canal. Search launched in NY for missing kayaker from Wisconsin 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is urging boaters to use extreme caution due to elevated and hazardous levels on the Erie Canal and Seneca River between Baldwinsville and Cross Lake. Wave restrictions issued on canal, river in central NY 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z "There were no engineers in the country, no school that taught engineering," says Jack Kelly, author of Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal. 6 Surprising Facts About the Erie Canal on Its 200th Birthday 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z To mark the anniversary of the ceremonial first digging of the canal in Rome on July 4, 1817, the Rome Historical Society is opening its Erie Canal bicentennial exhibit on Tuesday. Erie Canal bicentennial events slated across upstate NY 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Officials say the Wabash River Trail will become one of Indiana’s top trail destinations and show off historical destinations along the former Wabash and Erie Canal Towpath. Wabash River Trail gets state funding for its first phase 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It played at the dedication of the Erie Canal. West Point Band at 200: From Fife and Drums to Live Streaming 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Organizers say the program is designed to boost bicycling along the 300 miles of trails in the Erie Canal corridor between Buffalo and Albany. ‘Bike Friendly’ program launched for Erie Canalway Trail 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Despite the famous Tin Pan Alley-era folk song about the Erie Canal that rhymes the canal with a mule named Sal, horses — not mules — pulled the boats along the original Erie Canal. 6 Surprising Facts About the Erie Canal on Its 200th Birthday 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z New York did with the Erie Canal, but most places were left behind. Andrew Jackson economics 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Dan McCain, president of the Wabash and Erie Canal Association, said that general awareness was a large reason for Sunday’s self-defense workshop. Chicago-based self-defense group holds workshop in Delphi 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The Ohio Erie Canal Association awarded $15,000, and the city got a grant from the Canal Society of Ohio for $10,000. Ohio city’s historic St. Helena II canal boat gets face lift 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z New York’s canal system dates back 200 years to the founding of the Erie Canal. Volunteers to clean up New York canal system and trails 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal was built by amateurs, some of whom started by going over to England to study how the country's canals were constructed. 6 Surprising Facts About the Erie Canal on Its 200th Birthday 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z This year marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the construction of the Erie Canal in Rome in central New York. NY canal system set to open in May; no tolls for boaters 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Mulvany worked on the Erie Canal before becoming a student at the National Academy of Design in Manhattan. Over a Century Later, an Irish Painter’s Brooklyn Renaissance 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Instead, the event was transferred to an Elks Lodge in Brockport, a college town on the Erie Canal, about 20 miles west of Rochester. Squirrel Hunt in Western New York Draws Ire of Animal Lovers 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Friday as he was riding along the Erie Canal Trail System. Man suffers broken leg in snowmobile accident in New York 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z There were no mules on the Erie Canal — but there were kids. 6 Surprising Facts About the Erie Canal on Its 200th Birthday 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The development of Buffalo’s Outer Harbor took a step forward in 2013 with the transfer of 350 acres to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., a subsidiary of Empire State Development. Buffalo’s Italian festival moving to waterfront 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Still, it’s a bit of a stretch to compare three subway stops to the Erie Canal or the Brooklyn Bridge. The Second Avenue Subway Is Here! 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Construction on the oldest, the Erie Canal, was started 200 years ago this July 4 in Rome in central New York. New York State Barge Canal designated as national landmark 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The Canal Corp. later this year will mark the 200th anniversary of the start of the construction of the Erie Canal, the system’s longest waterway. NY State Canal System now being operated by another agency 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z We took a 23-day trip through the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal and the Hudson River, and then we motored down the East Coast. Selling Yachts in an Office That Rises and Falls With the Tides 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Then came the Erie Canal and the frenzied funding of emulative projects, many of which failed, but the successes redeemed the rest. Infrastructure projects aren’t jobs programs 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The guards at the prison, in Marcy, a rural town along the Erie Canal, refused to accept that Officer Kahl’s injury had been an accident, inmates said. ‘I Was Terrified’: Inmates Say They Paid a Brutal Price for a Guard’s Injury 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Dewitt Clinton pushed to create the Erie Canal and was NYC’s mayor and Governor of the state after losing the 1812 election to James Madison. Here’s What Past Candidates Have Done After Losing Presidential Elections 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Anticipating lucrative commerce along the Erie Canal, the city was founded in 1817, the same year canal construction started. Old Highway Paves Road for Recovery in Rochester 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z NYT editor: And don't forget the Erie Canal, which was a hugely important waterway in its day. What This 2012 Map Tells Us About America, and the Election 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The state also announced two historical tourism focuses for 2017: the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York and the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. New York to invest $55M in tourism 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The 511-foot span is intended to provide residents and visitors alike with a new way to see the Mohawk Valley and Erie Canal. New pedestrian bridge over Mohawk River completed 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The Towpath Trail follows the historic route of the Ohio & Erie Canal, which opened the sparsely settled area to commerce with the Eastern states. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z It also was a reaction to New York’s Erie Canal, a game-changing 360-mile-long man-made system that allowed Pennsylvania’s northern neighbor to quickly move goods across the state and to parts beyond. Allegheny Portage site recalls 1834 railroad innovation 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z "We don't have a lot of images of the very first version of the Erie Canal," said Duncan Hay, historian for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. Erie Canal trip touts waterway's history, early depictions 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal, New York City’s visionary lifeline to the Midwest, moved earth and heaven as well as cargo. The Erie Canal: A Marvel, Every Inch of the Way 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Fearing that its waterway might end up like the long-outdated Erie Canal, the canal authority set out to build a bigger one. The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Located at the western end of the Erie Canal, Buffalo was the site of the 1901 World's Fair, the 15th-biggest city in the nation in 1950 and once a booming trade hub. In New York Primaries, It's Not All About the Big Apple 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z This year’s Cycle the Erie Canal tour along the historic corridor runs from July 10-17. Erie Canal bike tour registration open 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Arthur Cohn, director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, and co-founder of a Vermont history museum, is traveling New York's Erie Canal and exhibiting prints of rarely-seen, nearly 200-year-old artwork of the waterway. Erie Canal trip touts waterway's history, early depictions 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z This spawned the steamship, New York's Erie Canal and the first federally funded highway, the National Road. Engineering: Broken bridges and highways from hell : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, and I-90 hung in a triple strand across the open pages. The Quietly Subversive Fictions of Dana Spiotta 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Clinton started her pitch with a potted history lesson about why the town was named Clinton: as homage to the New York governor who built the Erie Canal connecting the Hudson to the Midwest. Tale of two Clintons: Iowa town highlights gap between Democrats 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Parks & Trails New York each summer runs a 400-mile bike tour from Buffalo to Albany along the old Erie Canal. Erie Canal bike tour registration open 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The voyage is aimed at bringing attention to next year's 200th anniversary of the beginning of construction of the Erie Canal, with events planned each year through 2025, according to Canal Corp. spokesman Shane Mahar. Erie Canal trip touts waterway's history, early depictions 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton did her homework before campaigning here Saturday, opening her stump speech with an ode to DeWitt Clinton, the former New York governor who championed the Erie Canal and became the town’s namesake. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders offer contrasting visions to liberal pocket of Iowa 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The mission of the Erie Canal organization was to rebuild the Buffalo waterfront, Mr. Levy testified. Jury Hears Where Sheldon Silver’s Money Went as U.S. Rests Case 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The Wabash and Erie Canal Association acquired the church recently after securing a grant from an area arts organization. Historic church moves to Delphi’s canal park 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. voted Monday to approve the public access plans that call for building bike trails, public viewing areas and a visitors’ center over the next several years. State agency OK’s $5M in improvements for Buffalo waterfront 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Unlike the deep commitment of Morris and De Witt on the contemporaneous commission creating the Erie Canal, the Manhattan street commission was mostly a distraction for its members. The History Behind Manhattan's Street Grid 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z More than 30 concrete grain elevators were built during the first half of the 20th century to store Midwestern grain that was being transported from the Great Lakes to eastern ports via the Erie Canal. Buffalo grain elevator to be lit up as public art project 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Next month, New York state’s Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. plans to turn the switch on a light show that will use the Connecting Terminal grain elevator as a year-round, ever-changing projection screen. Buffalo’s ‘industrial cathedrals’ slowly finding new life 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Last year, the Port Byron Old Erie Canal Heritage Park opened along the Thruway’s eastbound lanes 25 miles west of Syracuse. NY to open Thruway rest area next to Erie Canal lock in fall 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal is in many ways a linear park with a new trail system spanning the state. After 190 years, New York's Erie Canal a transformed relic that comes with a hefty cost 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Buffalo’s development as an industrial powerhouse has its roots in the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. The Wind and Sun Are Bringing the Shine Back to Buffalo 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Several hundred bicyclists recently completed the eight-day Cycle the Erie Canal bike tour from Buffalo to Albany. New website promotes bicycle tours of New York’s Erie Canal 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z An open house on the future of the historic Erie Canal system is scheduled Thursday evening at the Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor Visitor Center in Cohoes. Public ideas sought on future plan for New York canal system 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z He was taught that his city originated in 1789 as a trading outpost and exploded after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 to become a railroad and grain-milling hub. Warm words for his cold hometown: Artist celebrates blue-collar Buffalo 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z And most are on the Erie Canal, the largest of four main canals in a system that includes the Champlain Canal and others branching to lakes in central and western New York. After 190 years, New York's Erie Canal a transformed relic that comes with a hefty cost 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The agency says that section and the Cayuga-Seneca Canal between Lock CS-1 at Aurelius and the Erie Canal junction will likely remain closed to navigation for another two weeks or longer. Stranded boaters to be escorted through closed canal section 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The Erie Canal once flowed through this part of Albany. A Beloved Amusement Park Is Reborn in an Industrial Pocket of Albany 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The construction of the Erie Canal—linking the Hudson River with the Great Lakes—meant that farmers as far west as Wisconsin now had easy access to New York’s networks of goods and buyers. Why History Urges Caution on Proposed Trade Deal 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The search was called off Sunday afternoon as rain began to fall and crews dealt with turbulent waters near the dam at Lock 24 of the Erie Canal in Baldwinsville. Search to resume for 2 missing kayakers in NY’s Seneca River 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The system includes the Erie Canal, which follows the Mohawk River and connects the Hudson River by Albany to the Niagara River and Lake Erie. NY canal system slated to be open May 8 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The Hudson River was a central commercial artery and Albany was a key way station between New York City and the interior United States, especially after the Erie Canal was built. ‘World Trade Center Ship’ to Travel to Permanent Berth in Albany 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The Wabash & Erie Canal Association restores and promotes Delphi’s and the surrounding area’s history. Replica of lime kiln at museum to showcase Delphi’s past 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Schenectady’s Capital Repertory Theatre is getting $5,000 to perform a play for school children that tells the stories of the immigrant laborers who built the Erie Canal. Education, preservation projects get Erie Canalway grants 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The design and location of the $20 million project are meant to emphasize Buffalo’s history as the terminus of the Erie Canal. Sprawling outdoor ice rink opens in Buffalo 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes the government built directly: Public projects, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System, provided the backbone for economic growth. Former DOT chief: 'Our infrastructure's on life supports right now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Officials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources say they’re not sure what the substance was of how it got into a section of the Ohio & Erie Canal. Spill leaves behind oily film in Ohio canal, lake 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Today’s New York dairy farmers trace their roots back to the five thousand Scotch-Irish who came to build the Erie Canal in the 1820s. Why Immigration Is Crucial To The Revival Of America's Cities 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z The Rochester Museum and Science Center is getting money to create an Erie Canal educator’s guide. Education, preservation projects get Erie Canalway grants 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Several also wondered why the drivers who use the 580-mile-long Thruway are not being asked to chip in as Thruway drivers, a reader claimed, now help subsidize the Erie Canal and other state waterways. City Room: Readers’ Reactions to Funding Tappan Zee Bridge Construction 2014-03-31T17:13:10Z A pelting rain threatened to turn Oak Hill into a modern version of the Erie Canal. Dufner Slouches to 63 and a Lead at P.G.A. 2013-08-10T01:02:08Z The experiments with steam-powered navigation on the Erie Canal are said to have proved unsatisfactory. 150 Years Ago: Camera before Film 2013-06-02T14:15:00.157Z He was among the canal pioneers; he worked on the Delaware & Raritan Canal, the Erie Canal, the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and did surveys for a Pennsylvania canal. How Manhattan Got Its Street Grid [Excerpt] 2013-02-15T16:15:00.580Z And they made beer, exporting it to places like Cleveland on the Ohio & Erie Canal. Aging Levee Puts Village of Zoar, Ohio, on Endangered List 2012-08-28T03:40:51Z The Ganges Canal in Upper India is a work equal to our Erie Canal. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z No longer was it regarded as a vast wilderness somewhere north of the Erie Canal. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z In 1940 Memorial Auditorium opened less than a mile away, atop the old Erie Canal terminus, and replaced the Broadway Aud as Buffalo’s civic arena. Slap Shot: In Buffalo, Hockey History Survives (Barely) in What Was the Broadway Auditorium 2012-02-15T17:29:55Z U.S. transportation does have problems -- traffic delays in airports and on city streets, decaying older structures, excessive dependence on imported oil -- but none of these challenges requires the heroics of a 21st century Erie Canal. Wonkbook: Is the GOP's payroll offer a cave or a trap? 2012-02-14T11:59:00Z Some months after the marriage, Captain Pierpoint arranged to take down a scow or flat-bottomed boat, laden with grain, from Milwaukee for the Erie Canal. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Until the opening of the Erie Canal all the salt used in the Western States and Canada was brought here by water from Oswego, in thousands of barrels, from the Onandaga Salt Wells. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z DeWitt Clinton used in 1825 to pour water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean to mark the opening of the Erie Canal. Managed by Cuomo, Capitol Restoration Is Unveiled 2012-01-04T02:50:17Z The passage from Troy to Buffalo was by the Erie Canal, then the great thoroughfare from tide-water to the lakes. Pioneer Day Exercises 2011-10-19T02:00:21.770Z The completion of the Erie Canal marked a distinct epoch in this movement. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z An aqueduct of stone carries the Erie Canal across the river, the cost of which amounted to over half a million dollars. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z In summer the route would be by the Erie Canal to Albany or by the St. Lawrence and Montreal, but both routes were closed in winter. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z There was something new to see every minute—the Berkshire Hills, the Hudson River at Albany, the great factories at Schenectady, the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Merchandise could be carried from lake Erie to Quebec at less cost than from Buffalo by the Erie Canal to New York. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z This view is at the first lock on Erie Canal above Albany. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The great Erie Canal passes through the centre of the city and is joined by the Chenango Canal at this point. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z It became a major transportation hub with access to the Erie Canal and Lake Erie, as well as three main railroad lines. Failing at Innovation? Bank on It 2011-08-29T00:53:45Z Vermont and Maine ceded that distinction to the Midwest in the 1800s, when the Erie Canal and intercontinental railroad made it easier to move grain long distances. Local wheat sees revival in New England and other former grain-growing states 2011-08-24T07:14:40Z But in spite of these facts, trade on the Erie Canal increased largely and steadily, while the trade on the Canadian water routes increased but slowly. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Such a project as the Erie Canal or the Brooklyn Bridge is denounced for years as wild and extravagant. The Future of Brooklyn 2011-08-09T02:00:23.887Z Very soon after the trouble with Michigan, the Miami and Erie Canal was built, which has been one of the important factors in making the "Corn City" so strong commercially. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z From 1825, when the opening of the Erie Canal first made the falls easily accessible to the East, the tide of visitors steadily swelled. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The completion of the Wabash 4 & Erie Canal, in 1853, from Evansville to Toledo, Ohio, a distance of 400 m., greatly accelerated the city’s growth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Along US 24 the old Wabash & Erie Canal towpath is now a road. Helium Hokum: Why Airships Will Never Be Part of Our Transportation Infrastructure 2011-05-27T15:45:00.230Z That for the enlargement of the Erie Canal is a measure of great moment to the industry and commerce of the state. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The principal waterway improvement now in progress in New York State is the enlargement of Erie Canal at a cost of $101,000,000. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z The Erie Canal was nearing completion, and the stage-routes across New York State saw much traffic. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The pretty beast comes from the celebrated Bone Mill belonging to the Erie Canal, and only cost the Government two hundred dollars. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Erie Canal, the largest in the United States, serving to connect the great lakes with the sea. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In 1825, the completion of the Erie Canal, which united the Atlantic with the great lakes, gave a prodigious impulse to trade. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z That of Lake Erie, as shown by the surveys of the Erie Canal, is five hundred and sixty-eight feet, the difference of level between the two being ten feet. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z In 1825 a swifter and easier path was opened to the West when, two years after the Champlain Canal had connected the waters of Lake Champlain and the Hudson, the Erie Canal was completed. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z We accordingly took passage in a line boat on the Erie Canal to Utica, a distance of 250 miles; from thence on the railroad to Albany, where our party divided. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Our speculating energetic Yankee neighbours, not satisfied with their Manchester, their manufactories, and their furnaces, and their mill "privileges," have opened a railroad from Lewiston to Buffalo, thus connecting Lake Erie with the Erie Canal. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The large black rock which formed the landing-place of the ferry across the river here, and which gave the hamlet its name, was destroyed when the Erie Canal was built. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z By the Cayuga Creek line to Pekin it was sixty-four feet, and by the Tonawanda Creek line to Lockport it was eighty-four feet, as is also shown by the surveys of the Erie Canal. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z First detected in the Americas in 1832, the disease went up the Mississippi, down the Erie Canal and eventually swept New York tenements. Haiti not equipped for cholera 2010-12-16T02:31:05Z Tale of the Great Canal The most striking example in U.S. history of the economic payoff from infrastructure expenditures has been largely obscured with time: the building of the Erie Canal. U.S. Infrastructure Spending: No Time to Get Cheap 2010-10-18T00:42:00Z Leaving The Buffalo News, he suggested a visit to the Erie Canal. Koch, at 85, Wages a New Campaign 2010-08-09T02:24:00Z Water is being withdrawn from the Erie Canal at the lake level for water-power purposes, and applications have been made for permits authorising this. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z “The Erie Canal runs by the outfield at two of our fields,” he said. Sandlot Day: Baseball Without Adult Interference 2010-03-27T01:01:00Z Amsterdam, a town of New York State, United States, on the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, 33 miles N.W. of Albany; a busy manufacturing town. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The Erie Canal and the numerous railway lines centring here from all directions greatly contribute to the growth and prosperity of the city, which carries on an extensive trade. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide When an aide motioned in the general direction of the famous waterway, Mr. Koch declared, “I’ve seen the Erie Canal, and now we can go back to the hotel.” Koch, at 85, Wages a New Campaign 2010-08-09T02:24:00Z The probable cost by the proposed canal, the Lakes, and the Erie Canal, from St. Louis to New York was from sixty-three to sixty-five dollars per ton, and the time from twelve to fifteen days. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 The first significant use of iron in this country was in a series of small trussed highway arches erected by Squire Whipple over the Erie Canal in the early 1840’s, over 60 years later. The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman "Why, he's got an Erie Canal skipper backed clear off the board, and if he wanted to turn loose, I'll bet he could make a certain railway president I know look like a two-spot!" The Haunted Pajamas Note in particular the references to the Erie Canal and to the Superintendent of West Point. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact By the end of the first quarter of the century this was solved in another way by the completion of the Erie Canal, the longest and hitherto the most valuable of artificial water-ways. The Greater Republic A History of the United States No explanation was given, but the most probable one is the opening of the Erie Canal. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 Down at the Erie Canal, by the moored boats and the motionless water, he seized her arm and facing her, said, his lips working— "I have come to ask you to marry me, Molly." Fairfax and His Pride From Junction Lock to Albany, along the Erie Canal, it is six miles: or seventy miles from Whitehall to Albany by canal route. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. Alida was written after the Erie Canal was enlarged and the Rochester aqueduct relocated. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The Erie Canal, connecting Buffalo and Albany, was begun on the 4th of July, 1817, its most persistent advocate being Governor De Witt Clinton. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He arranged for cheap transportation on the Erie Canal, and made it known that he was ready to transport immigrants to any part of the West. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The first boat passed through the Erie Canal from Rochester to New York. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 On July 4 ground was broken for the Erie Canal. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 New Orleans was then the sole mart of the West, for the Erie Canal had not been dug to convert the Great, Lakes into a colossal commercial highway. The Struggle for Missouri Merchandise could now be carried cheaply from the teeming West, through the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal, and the Hudson River, to New York City and the Atlantic. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Formerly there was considerable commerce with Lake Erie by way of the Miami & Erie Canal to Toledo; the canal was completed in 1830 and has never been entirely abandoned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The first boat came through the entire length of the Erie Canal, from Buffalo to New York. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 It will prove an important facility in the equipment of New Orleans to meet the new competition the enlarged Erie Canal will create. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce But the opening of the Erie Canal at once settled this question. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Another very important measure has been introduced into the Legislature, concerning the enlargement of the Erie Canal. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. In 1850 the Mississippi still carried to the sea cargoes twice the value of those that sought the Lakes and the Erie Canal, though in the import trade these proportions were reversed. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways Now, it seemed, you got the Erie Canal packet at Buffalo and the Hudson River steamboat at Albany, and reached New York in four or five days, in great comfort without the least fatigue. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse There was a time when even the Erie Canal was poetic. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Already it is almost extinct on account of the Erie Canal. The Strollers Along the Erie Canal, part of the National Highway to the West. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail On the 4th day of July next the excavation of the Erie Canal was commenced, and on the 26th of October, 1825, the first boat passed from Lake Erie to the Hudson. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses After they had passed the place where the Champlain Canal branches off from the Erie Canal, they were no longer troubled by a crowd of canal-boats, and were able to set the sail again. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I was brought up on the Erie Canal,—a driver, ignorant, ragged, saucy; you wouldn't believe me if I should tell you what a little wretch I was. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Abandoned to decay, the tenantless inn was but another evidence of traffic diverted from the old stage roads by the Erie Canal Company. The Strollers The Erie Canal is a waterway through the land connecting the great West with the older East. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 Canal-building in the State of Pennsylvania commenced about the time that the original Erie Canal was completed in New York. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses The lines were built to supplement existing routes, like the Erie Canal, the Lakes, the Ohio River, or the Mississippi. The New Nation The completion of the Erie Canal, seven years later, with Buffalo as its western terminus, greatly increased the city's importance. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Six years later the Erie Canal was opened to Lake Erie. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. Wabash and Erie Canal.—This work will extend from La Fayette, on the Wabash river, up the valley of that stream, to the Maumee and to the boundary of Ohio; distance, 105 miles. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The Erie Canal has helped make New York City the greatest city in our country. Conservation Reader On October 8, the first boat passed through the new Erie Canal from Rochester to New York. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The course of the old Erie Canal lay through the heart of the city. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This system was originally planted by the great mayor and governor, De Witt Clinton, to whom the State is indebted for the Erie Canal, and for many other plans and impulses scarcely less significant. Peter Cooper The Riverside Biographical Series, Number 4 Extension of the Wabash and Erie Canal, 1,300,000 4th. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The Erie Canal, in connection with the Great Lakes and the Hudson River, makes it possible for us to go all the way by water from the heart of the continent to New York City. Conservation Reader On November 4, the first boat travelling along the new Erie Canal reached Erie Canal completed New York. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The original Erie Canal was one of the greatest of early engineering projects in America, and its importance in the development of N.Y. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Has the intestinal canal been obstructed like the Erie Canal during the winter months? Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis The Ohio and Erie Canal connects lake Erie with the Ohio river. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Some derangement takes place in the Erie Canal: a lock fails, an aqueduct gives way, or a bank caves in. Thoughts on Missions Through the efforts of De Witt Clinton, the State of New York without Congressional aid had completed the great Erie Canal. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) We now cross the Mohawk River, and Erie Canal, and our route ascends the valley of the Mohawk as far as Rome. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The immense commerce of the Erie Canal, with all its sources and tributaries, is practically transacted by New York City. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Water communication between the Atlantic Ocean and the very center of the United States was established when the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River to the waterway afforded by the series of great inland seas. Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 In the latter case you would find in the words “Erie Canal,” which is a great artificial channel running through a part of the State, the letters “r” and “c” hard, which spell 47. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget On July 4, ground was broken for The Erie Canal the Erie Canal, which was to connect the city of New York with the great inland waters. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) These factions grew out of a dispute over questions involving the Erie Canal. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. For nearly a hundred years the Erie Canal has been one of our most successful of inland waterways, connecting the ocean with the Great Lakes. The American Type of Isthmian Canal Speech by Hon. John Fairfield Dryden in the Senate of the United States, June 14, 1906 The importance of New York as the commercial gateway between European ports and the food-producing region of the American continent began when the Erie Canal was opened between the Great Lakes and tide-water. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges After the cooped-up quarters on the ocean the smoothness and freedom of the Erie Canal were heavenly. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen But the world did not awake to their importance until 1817, when the State of New York entered upon the Erie Canal project, which was completed in 1825. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The "Barnburners" opposed the extension of the Erie Canal and, after 1846, the extension of slavery in the Territories. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Erie Canal, which here joins the Hudson River with the Lake, passing through the centre of the most populous and fertile States. Diary in America, Series One Philadelphia lost its commercial supremacy when the completion of the Erie Canal gave return cargoes to foreign vessels discharging at New York City. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges But after the digging of the Erie Canal, settlement began to turn into Michigan. The Frontier in American History There has been but three general celebrations held in this country over works of public improvement viz: the Erie Canal, Atlantic Cable, and the Pacific Railroad. The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History It remained for New York to usher in a new era in internal communication by authorizing in 1817 the construction of the Erie Canal. Union and Democracy By the northern lakes to the St. Lawrence Valley, or by the former to the Erie Canal. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 The Erie Canal, built before the advent of the railway, connects Lake Erie with tide-water at Albany, a distance of 387 miles. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges To the east, the province meets the Alleghany and New England Plateaus, and is connected with them by the upper Ohio and by the line of the Erie Canal. The Frontier in American History "Just sit here and look out of the window and think of the Erie Canal Boats in which you came west, or remember your ox-team in fifty-eight." A Daughter of the Middle Border We went by water to Boston, again by rail and then by the Erie Canal and Great Lakes. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The Lake route from the Mississippi Valley to the East was made continuous and complete by the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, designed to connect the Mississippi Valley with the Atlantic seaboard, fared much worse than the Erie Canal. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was an epoch-making event. The Frontier in American History The construction of the Erie Canal, and the introduction of steamboats on the rivers and lakes, was the beginning of a great revolution. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois built waterways which should feed the Mississippi or Erie Canal commerce, and thus make Western life profitable as well as free and unconventional. Expansion and Conflict Buffalo is the great point where the wheat brought down from Chicago, Duluth, etc., in barges, "whale-backs," and immense propellers, is trans-shipped to the small boats of the Erie Canal for carriage to New York. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) It is the eastern terminus of the lake-commerce and the western terminus of the Erie Canal. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges One of the men said that a sergeant in his company told of shooting and killing a colored man Friday night, when the man tried to escape in a boat on the Miami Erie Canal. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado The following season of 1859 was the most active year the Erie Canal has ever known in regard to steam. History of Steam on the Erie Canal The Erie Canal had been built upon borrowed capital, and it had paid good dividends. Expansion and Conflict The conclusion of the peace of 1815 was followed by the beginning of an era of great public works, one of the first of which was the digging of the Erie Canal. A History of American Christianity The construction of the Erie Canal placed New York in the very front of American communities. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Water from the river started the Maimi and Erie Canal on a rampage and submerged half of Lakeside, a suburb. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado He was in New York November 4, 1825, when the opening of the Erie Canal was celebrated. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Another belt ancillary to this began in western Massachusetts and extended along the Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago. Expansion and Conflict Presently the State of New York offered a fifty-thousand-dollar prize for a practical method of navigating the Erie Canal with steam canal-boats. Chapters from My Autobiography Apart from natural advantages, next in importance to the Erie Canal as a cause of New York's leading commercial position is the fact that the British were in possession of the city during the Revolution. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Floods due to breaks and overflows in the Erie Canal at Waterloo, Seneca Falls, Port Bryon and elsewhere, caused thousands of dollars loss. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado There he was, forty years ago, in a small village of the State of New York; no railroad yet, and even the Erie Canal many miles distant. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money One of the early evidences of the growth of transportation in this country, and therefore of our national progress, was the act of connecting the Great Lakes by the Erie Canal with the Hudson River. Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defense Distinguished as a lawyer and statesman, he is even better known as "the Father of the Erie Canal." Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective A striking expression of this spirit is shown in the report made in 1812 by Gouverneur Morris, De Witt Clinton and other eminent men on the practicability and prospects of the proposed Erie Canal. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country The Erie Canal, completed the year before his departure for Europe, had opened an unbroken water way from the Atlantic sea-board to the farthest shores of the great lakes. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters It was just before the Erie Canal was completed, and I conceived a plan by which to tow boats by the use of all the elevated waters on the line of the canal. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures The Erie Canal opened even more remote fields of enterprise. The Story of Cooperstown The great cities of New York State—and this is especially true of New York City—owe much of their growth to the Erie Canal. Stories of Later American History All these works took their direction and character from the Erie Canal, which in this manner became the outlet for the greater part of the produce of the West. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Somebody spoke of how cannon had been used at the time of the opening of the Erie Canal. The Beginner's American History Governor Clinton gave me $800 for the privilege of buying the right to the plan in case he should want to use it on the Erie Canal. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Five years later the Monarch was drawn up to the east bank of the Erie Canal at Syracuse. From the Valley of the Missing In what ways was the Erie Canal useful to the people? Stories of Later American History At Ashtabula the young man from Quincy market began the business of supplying Boston and New York with beef and pork, making his shipments via the Erie Canal. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 Tell how they sent the news of the completion of the Erie Canal. The Beginner's American History It has also been used on one lock on the Erie Canal. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures During the days of the passage through the Erie Canal, Fledra had remained on the deck of the scow when it was light. From the Valley of the Missing Soon they came in view of the famous Erie Canal, hard by the road. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy "It proved that the waters of the Erie Canal, if given the chance, can dash as madly unrestrained as can the waters of the Grand Canyon." The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country Pittsburg bases itself upon its coal and its iron; Buffalo exists as the point of transfer where elevators raise the corn of Chicago from lake-going vessels into the long, low barges of the Erie Canal. Science in Arcady This was in 1820, and ordered by that eminent philanthropist, Stephen Van Rensselaer, who, three years later, appointed Prof. Eaton to survey, in like manner, the whole region traversed by the Erie Canal. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 In States farther west and south, the loaning of the public credit to enterprises of the nature of the Erie Canal increased until the panic of 1837 introduced "repudiation" into American politics. American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) Some contractors who worked on the Erie Canal will start from Chicago Monday to look the ground over and bid on the construction of the southern end of it. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy If any of my young readers find it difficult to understand my explanation, I advise them to read Jacob Abbot's excellent book, "Rollo on the Erie Canal," where the whole matter is lucidly explained. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield It is twice the length of the Erie Canal, is from two hundred to a thousand feet wide, and has enormous banks built of solid granite along a great part of its course. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The Erie Canal runs right by the back yard of the Erie County Penitentiary. The Road The construction of railroads and the opening of the Erie Canal carried the active and ambitious men far into the interior. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems The curved portion crosses the Albany basin, or outlet of the Erie Canal, and consists of seven spans of seventy-three feet each, one of sixty-three, and one of one hundred and ten. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 A little before this time the Erie Canal project was successfully carried out. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 Its sudden rise to the dignity of a metropolis was largely due to that most interesting of the many important internal improvements of the first half of the century,—the Erie Canal. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 Route from New York and Albany by the Erie Canal to all parts of Upper Canada, west of Kingston, by the way of Oswego and Buffalo:— New York to Albany, 160 miles by steam-boat. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Oh, to be on the Erie Canal, you exclaim, as you sneeze. Promenades of an Impressionist The Erie Canal is eighty feet wide, and thirteen deep. Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic Results of the building of the Erie Canal. A Short History of the United States NW. of New York City; is on the Erie Canal, in the heart of a dairy-farming district; has a noted market for cheese, and has various manufactures. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A few enterprises succeeded, the most notable of these being the Erie Canal in New York. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II In this I was doing what any detective would have done; for everything sooner or later passed through the Erie Canal--news, goods and passengers. Vandemark's Folly They talked about canal-boat cargoes as if they had been from Buffalo to Albany on the Erie Canal for years; they spoke of "my province" and compared bread-lines and the efficiency of local officials. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form The most famous of all these canals was the one connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie, and called the Erie Canal. A Short History of the United States I started on the 26th of Seventh Month, via Lake Erie and the Erie Canal, which extends from north to south three hundred and nine miles through the State of Ohio. A Visit to the United States in 1841 On the river Rhine the system has been for many years in successful operation; it has also been used for several years on the Erie Canal in this State. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Nobody could live along the Erie Canal in those days without feeling the suck of the forests, and catching a breath now and then of the prairie winds. Vandemark's Folly Nothing above 75 tons can use the Erie Canal. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada But they were not so favorably situated as the Erie Canal and could not compete with it successfully. A Short History of the United States Pennsylvania the opening of the Erie Canal caused great excitement. A School History of the United States First, the Erie Canal, from Buffalo to Albany, which, in its enlarged form, takes probably two-thirds of the productions of the Lake regions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 There was a dam and water-power in Tempe or near there, which, I think, was the overflow from a reservoir built as a water-supply for the Erie Canal--but I am not sure. Vandemark's Folly The State of New York may fairly claim the credit of having executed one of the most—if not the most—valuable public works in the Union—the Erie Canal. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Mark on a map the Erie Canal, and show why it was so important. A Short History of the United States The first to build a great western highway was New York state, which, between 1817 and 1825, built the Erie Canal. A School History of the United States Rochester was a thriving city on the Erie Canal, and, because it also had a port on Lake Ontario, it became an important terminal on the Underground Railroad. The Black Experience in America There were some four thousand boats on the Erie Canal at that time, or an average of ten boats to the mile. Vandemark's Folly The value of goods annually delivered by Erie Canal is eight millions. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Meanwhile they had cast off and the Black Growler was moving noiselessly over the waters of the Erie Canal. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Effect of the Erie Canal%.—The building of the canal changed the business conditions of about half of our country. A School History of the United States The War of 1812, the opening of the Erie Canal and sundry railways struck a blow at Newport commerce, from which it never recovered. Worldly Ways and Byways Tempe was a little village near the Erie Canal somewhere between Rome and Syracuse. Vandemark's Folly The village is served by the New York Central & Hudson River railway, by the Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester electric railway, and by the Erie Canal. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Now aren't you glad," he added, "that I told you how wide the Erie Canal is? Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Speeding through the thriving villages of Middleport, Reynall's Basin and Cataract Springs, we neared a deep ravine, through which the Erie Canal passes, following a natural waterway. By Water to the Columbian Exposition But the opening of the Erie Canal placed a new market within reach, and Mr. Blair was among the first to take Ohio flour to New York, selling it there at fourteen dollars the barrel. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The west was on the road, then, floating down the Ohio, wagoning or riding on horseback through mountain passes, boating it up the Mississippi and Missouri, sailing up the Lakes, swarming along the Erie Canal. Vandemark's Folly Within its limits the first railway and the first telegraph-lines were laid in the United States, and the great Erie Canal was built. The Nation in a Nutshell The Erie Canal is about seven feet deep and the new one is about twelve feet deep. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Suppose DeWitt Clinton, denounced and ridiculed, had been led into the belief that his idea was a mere phantom, a mystic nightmare, the Erie Canal would not be a reality. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece The dimensions of the Ohio Canal were the same as those of the Erie Canal of N. Y., but the number of locks was nearly double. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men On the Erie Canal, it was, All on a summer's day, I sailed forth with my parents Far away to Albany. Roughing It, Part 6. The same year that the Erie Canal was begun, ground was broken for a canal from Lake Champlain to the Hudson, sixty-three miles in length. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Early the following morning the Go Ahead boys were moving swiftly over the waters of the Erie Canal. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat I came across the Leeds Canal, one afternoon; but, upon my word, no one could have told it from the Erie Canal at Albany. Redburn. His First Voyage When the Erie Canal was finished to Buffalo, the wheat of the settlers on the Reserve, for the first time, became a cash article. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The boatmen on the Erie Canal announced their entry into the Albany basin by blowing a horn, commonly a tin horn, harsh and discordant. My Friends at Brook Farm Boats were placed upon the Erie Canal as fast as the different levels were ready for use, and set to work in active transportation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 "I don't believe those windows have seen soap and water since the Erie Canal was built," whispered George to Grant. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat He seemed to serve any one who called upon him for chores, in our little village of Lockport, that grew up as by magic upon the Erie Canal. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Take on the other side the contrasting fact of the Erie Canal. Select Speeches of Kossuth As I determined to make no stay here, but to proceed up the Erie Canal to Buffalo, I did not see much of this place, and must therefore omit any lengthened description of it. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States New York city certainly did "get ahead of us" after the Erie Canal was built. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Meanwhile the Black Growler was speeding swiftly over the waters of the Erie Canal. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat This is not the Erie Canal, but the Grand Canal of Venice. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 A struggle for the trade of the growing West led to the building of the Erie Canal. A Brief History of the United States The formation of the Erie Canal was one of those grand internal improvements frequently to be met with in that country, and which have contributed to its general prosperity in no small degree. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States None of the canals which have been built to compete with it have yet succeeded in regaining for their States what was lost to them when the Erie Canal went into operation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 "How wide is the Erie Canal?" spoke up George. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat There is nothing in all antiquity so grand as a modern railroad, or the Great Eastern steamship, or the Erie Canal. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The immediate effect of the veto was that New York, seeing no prospect of federal aid, at once herself began the construction of the Erie Canal, which was opened eight years later. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 But with the development of other ways, and especially with the opening of the Erie Canal, New York and Boston gradually won these laurels from her. The United States of America, Part 1 The Champlain Canal had an effect upon the farms and towns lying along Lake Champlain, in Vermont and New York, kindred in character to that above described in respect to the Erie Canal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 "Tell me on your word of honor how wide the Erie Canal is." Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Whatever political corruption accompanied the building of such State- owned canals as the Erie Canal, the primary and fundamental object was to construct. Great Fortunes from Railroads During this term the first railroad in the United States was completed, and the Erie Canal opened. A Brief History of the United States It's the head of navigation at high water, an' if they ever build the Wabash an' Erie Canal they're talkin' about she'll be a regular seaport, like New York er Boston. Viola Gwyn There can be no doubt that the building of the Erie Canal was the wisest and most far-seeing enterprise of the age. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 The Black Growler was not moving as swiftly as when she had been speeding over the waters of the Erie Canal. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat The first great canal, built in response to the demands of the commercial class, was the Erie Canal, completed in 1825. Great Fortunes from Railroads Over good roads to Syracuse, and from thence my route leads down the Erie Canal, alternately riding down the canal tow-path, the wagon-roads, and between the tracks of the New York Central Railway. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran "He's working tooth and nail against the Wabash and Erie Canal that's projected to run from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Tippecanoe, Mr. Gwynne," said one of the citizens. Viola Gwyn On the tranquil bosom of the Erie Canal rode the graceful barges of commerce straight and slowly through the very heart of the town. Half a Rogue "Aren't you the same boys we towed through the Erie Canal yesterday?" Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Very significantly, from about the very time when the Erie Canal was finished, the era of the private canal company, financed by the Government, began. Great Fortunes from Railroads By the Erie Canal at Tonawanda it commands the great waterway of the Lakes and the St. Lawrence. The Story of Electricity Right in New York you have in the Erie Canal 150,000 horse-power, and on the Niagara river you have probably a million unused. Letters of Franklin K. Lane In 1823 the amount of flour sent from the western portion of New York by the Erie Canal equaled the whole amount which reached New Orleans from the Mississippi Valley in that year. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 Well, when we came back from the bank whom should we find on board our motor-boat but this same man, that we had seen on the Erie Canal. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Under the preceding Administration there had been grave scandals about the Erie Canal, the trans-State Canal, and these scandals had been one of the chief issues in the campaign for the Governorship. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography On the whole I should prefer a voyage on the Erie Canal, where there isn't any danger, and where you can carry picturesque scenery along with you—so to speak. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return Thus have we already seen large numbers of Irishmen laboring along the Erie Canal. Irish Race in the Past and the Present For the most part, his strength lay along the line of the Erie Canal and in the regions where the New England element was strong. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 The two great thoroughfares of American commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century were the Cumberland Road and the Erie Canal. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The opening of the Erie Canal to New York in 1825 stimulated other cities on the Atlantic seaboard to put themselves into closer commercial touch with the West. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 made the westward journey easier and cheaper. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond But his passage along the Erie Canal could be nothing more than a veritable passage—a transient sojourn of a few days or weeks at most. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The example of the Erie Canal, which was open by 1825, seemed to furnish proof of the success that awaited state canal construction. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 The Erie Canal, after its projectors had failed to obtain national aid, became the undertaking of one commonwealth conducted, amid countless doubts and jeers, to a conclusion unbelievably successful. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Then came the Erie Canal, completed in 1825, and the extension into the Northwest of the great Cumberland Road. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest It was especially so at this time in view of the scandals which had arisen under the previous Administration over the Erie Canal, the most important responsibility of this department. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times The stanza also alludes to the then-recent completion of the Erie Canal, and to the troubles in Greece, which occupied much of the public attention. Poems Although the resolution was carried by a decisive majority, the indignity placed upon the champion of the Erie Canal aroused popular resentment and increased the revolt against the Regency. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 Meanwhile New York, the other great rival for Western trade, was intent on its own darling project, the Erie Canal. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway He was a member of the commission on the Erie Canal, though he did not live to see that enterprise begun. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The Erie Canal is not only a State affair, but a national one. My Memories of Eighty Years This is the Erie Canal, which connects the lakes with the Hudson River and with New York. North America — Volume 1 To him the Erie Canal was a political as well as an economic undertaking. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 The Erie Canal was born in the Act of April 14, 1817, but the decision of the Council of Revision, which held the power of veto, was in doubt. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Products brought only so far east as Duluth could then be shipped to the Atlantic, via the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal, at a greatly reduced cost. The Financier, a novel The people had voted nine millions of dollars to improve the Erie Canal. My Memories of Eighty Years From Junction Lock to Albany, along the Erie Canal, it is six miles; or seventy miles from Whitehall to Albany by canal route. Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5 As yet the direct effect of the Erie Canal was chiefly limited to the state of New York. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 New York instantly, in her zone, took up the challenge and thrust her great Erie Canal across to the Great Lakes. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Ohio and Illinois caught the canal fever even before the Erie Canal was completed, and the Ohio Canal and the Illinois-Michigan Canal saw preliminary surveying done in 1822 and 1824 respectively. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway On April 10,1848, the first boat passed over the ninety-mile route from Chicago to Ottawa, and the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin were united by this Erie Canal of the West. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The Erie Canal was declared too small almost before the cries of its virulent opponents had died away, and the enlargement of its locks was soon undertaken. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway At the close of this decade the Ohio system of canals, inspired by the success of the Erie Canal, had rendered a large area of that state tributary to New York. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 When this cry passed into a byword it afforded positive proof that the Erie Canal traffic was firmly established. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway He foresaw New York improving her natural line of communication by way of the Mohawk and the Niagara frontier on Lake Erie—the present line of the Erie Canal and the New York Central Railway. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The work on the canal was renewed, however, in 1821, when the rival Erie Canal was nearing completion, and was finished in 1827. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway In later years, when the Erie Canal gave promise of a new era in American inland commerce, Elkanah Watson recalled with a grim satisfaction the efforts of these early days. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The expense of the long overland journey from New England, prior to the opening of the Erie Canal, made it extremely difficult for those without any capital to reach the west. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 If New York projected an Erie Canal, Baltimore successfully championed the building of a Cumberland Road by a governmental godmother. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Ever since the time when the Erie Canal was begun, Canadian statesmen had been alive to the strong bid New York was making for the trade of the Great Lakes. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway |
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