Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal Illustration of Gov. Dewitt Clinton opening the Erie Canal on Oct. 26, ...
The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...
Today, the town is ground zero for Erie Canal history, and cyclists can pop into the Locks District Museum or the Erie Canal ...
The New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canal Museum will be offering additional free guided tours of the canal’s lock and powerhouses. There will be tours of Champlain Canal Lock C-5 in ...
The Erie Canal was revolutionary for New York and the United States, ushering in an era of transportation, communication, and industrial revolution. Following its completion in 1825, the Canal gave ...
The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so audacious ...
Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- This week, the Erie Canal Museum celebrates 55 years as a public museum devoted to telling the Erie Canal's story, after almost being torn down to build Interstate 81. The museum ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A model replica of the historic Erie Canal boat the “Seneca Chief” is on display at the Hudson Valley Maritime Museum, according to a statement released Friday. The model boat, built ...
ALBANY (AP) — The New York State Museum is commemorating the bicentennial of the start of the construction of the Erie Canal with a new exhibit on the waterway that changed America. The exhibit titled ...
The Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement traditionally hosts a series featuring guest speakers every fall and ...
Irish workers' contribution to the construction of the Erie Canal and life on the Aran Islands will be celebrated in two ...