The then West Troy village had two entrances, also referred to as sidecuts, that connected the canal to the Hudson River.

The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, reshaping large swaths of the national economy. Fox News Media; ...

Considered a marvel of engineering, the canal opened in Oct. 26, 1825, with great fanfare and became an engine of growth of ...

On July 26, the Erie Canal Museum’s new walking tour, “Burned Over: The Erie Canal and Fire Walking Tour,” is a quarter ...

As the Erie Canal marks its 200 th year since its full operation between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, the Democrat and ...

Almanac: The Erie Canal 01:52. And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: October 26th, 1825, 189 years ago today . . . a day America charted a new course to the West.

With the canal's completion in 1825, commerce and enterprise popped up along its path. ... But the Erie Canal itself is the destination, not any one town along it." ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo.

After “Clinton’s Ditch” was completed in 1825, it was so popular that the state almost immediately began to expand the canal. In the 20th century, the Erie Canal was expanded again into a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. >> In the fall of 1825, John Henry Hopkins traveled from Buffalo to Albany on the Erie Canal just days after the 363-mile waterway had opened. Along the way, the Episcopal minist… ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York.

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...