It was On This Day, November 4, 1825, that New York’s Governor Clinton poured the water of Lake Erie into that of the Atlantic Ocean and he said: “May the God of the heavens and earth smile most ...
The Erie Canal, seen here in Pittsford, N.Y., opened up western regions to trade, immigration and social change. Andre Carrotflower via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, ...
The 363-mile-long Erie Canal, which linked farmlands and merchants in remote areas in and around the Great Lakes region with lucrative markets of the Eastern Seaboard, was completed on Oct. 26, 1825 — ...
When the original Erie Canal was built between 1817 and 1825, it was both the longest artificial waterway in North America and its most significant public works project. Since no one had ever ...
Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...
WATERFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10) – This year marks the bicentennial of the opening of the Erie Canal on October 26, 1825 and the 201st consecutive season of navigation along the canal system. Celebrations, ...
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