Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. The one-hour documentary ...

Mayor John Lombardi III recognized Lockport film-maker Paul Lamont and local leaders who supported the production of the documentary “America’s Stairway” with a proclamation at city hall. The ...

The Erie Canal opened in 1825, and this summer from Albany to Buffalo there have been celebrations of this milestone in American history. From concerts to museum exhibits, upstate New York has been ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

The theater premier of "America’s Stairway," the Erie Canal documentary film about Lockport’s Flight of Five, has sold out, according to David Kinyon, chairman of the Lockport Locks Heritage District.

The creation of the Erie Canal will be the subject of a new documentary being screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Samuel Center for Canal History, 38 Rochester St., Port Byron.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

Construction of the Ohio & Erie Canal through eastern Ohio began in 1825. In Tuscarawas County, work on the waterway began in 1827. Opening of the canal helped to double the price for wheat and led to ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

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Heidi Truschel-Light , Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. Mayor John Lombardi III recognized Lockport film-maker Paul Lamont and local leaders who supported the production of the documentary ...