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A Brief History of the Erie Canal | History| Smithsonian Magazine Bedford Falls, Erie Canal, Bike Route, Lake Champlain, Castle Hotel, Harriet Tubman, Bike Path, Hudson River, Mississippi River

Mississippi River

A Brief History of the Erie Canal

The waterway opened up the heartland to trade, transforming small hamlets into industrial centers

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Western Interior

Engineering Projects

American History

Enterprising Waters: New York’s Erie Canal (Phase Two) | The New York State Museum

The Erie Canal directed the course of New York and American history. When it opened in 1825, this “boldest and biggest American engineering project of its century” unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement. Boomtowns sprang up along the canal’s path and New York City, with its deep harbor connecting to the Hudson River, grew to be the nation’s most powerful center

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Cincinnati Subway

Cincinnati Museum

Board Photography

Moving To California

Cincinnati Subway

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Living On A Boat, Erie Canal, East Coast Road Trip, Annual Calendar, Take A Chance, Canal Boat, After All These Years, Boat Rental, Ways To Travel

Living On A Boat

East Coast Road Trip

Annual Calendar

After All These Years

Erie Canal itinerary: 12 unique, historic stops to make from Albany to Buffalo

Upstate NY's Erie Canal is still a wonder after all these years.

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Illustration: view east of eastbound Lockport on the Erie Canal, by W.H. Bartlett, 1839. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Read more on the GenealogyBank blog: “Opening of Erie Canal Connects East and West” https://blog.genealogybank.com/opening-of-erie-canal-connects-east-and-west.html Construction Video, Erie Canal, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Hudson River, New York State, Historical Society, Great Lakes, Empire State

Construction Video

Historical Society

Opening of Erie Canal Connects East and West

Illustration: view east of eastbound Lockport on the Erie Canal, by W.H. Bartlett, 1839. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Read more on the GenealogyBank blog: “Opening of Erie Canal Connects East and West” https://blog.genealogybank.com/opening-of-erie-canal-connects-east-and-west.html

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Over The Rhine Cincinnati, Downtown Buildings, Downtown Cincinnati, Erie Canal, Ohio History, Victorian Buildings, Queen City, Cincinnati Ohio, Architecture Old

Over The Rhine Cincinnati

Downtown Buildings

Downtown Cincinnati

Victorian Buildings

Cincinnati Ohio

Architecture Old

Remembering the Erie Canal in Over-the-Rhine

The old Erie Canal, now Central Parkway, is what give Over-the-Rhine it's German name.

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Download this stock image: Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA. The Erie canal was opened on 26 October 1825. Engraving, New York, 1885. - DYEJ11 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Bethlehem Steel, 26 October, Erie Canal, Canal Boat, Multiple Images, Bethlehem, World History, Buffalo, Photo Image

Bethlehem Steel

Multiple Images

Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA. The Erie canal was opened on 26 October 1825. Engraving, New York, 1885 Stock Photo - Alamy

Download this stock image: Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA. The Erie canal was opened on 26 October 1825. Engraving, New York, 1885. - DYEJ11 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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Schoen Place landing in Pittsford on the western Erie Canal - Rochester Sweet Thoughts, Canal Boats, Game Aesthetic, Erie Canal, Cyprus Greece, Beyond The Sea, Rochester New York, Canal Boat, Finger Lakes

Rochester New York

Sweet Thoughts

Schoen Place landing in Pittsford on the western Erie Canal - Rochester

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Rochester University Podcasts on Erie Canal Niagara Falls Trip, University Of Rochester, Erie Canal, Syracuse New York, Beyond The Sea, Rochester New York, Canal Boat, Pedestrian Bridge, History Class

Niagara Falls Trip

University Of Rochester

Syracuse New York

Rochester New York

Pedestrian Bridge

History class uses podcasts to explore Erie Canal

Students in professor Thomas Fleischman's class didn't write a research paper at the end of their class about the environmental history of the Erie Canal.

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Lockport New York

Support Artists

How the Erie Canal Was Built With Raw Labor and Amateur Engineering | HISTORY

The 360‑mile canal connecting the Hudson River to the Great Lakes was built in eight years through thick forests and stubborn rock.

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