Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

The historic canal was hand-dug and open in eight years. Today, some of California's public works projects are taking decades ...

ROME, N.Y. – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered. On July 4 in 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal in Rome, New York. The original Erie ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and Buffalo.

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 ...

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming the city it is today.

WATERFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10)–The original Erie Canal took eight years of year-round construction, from 1817 to 1825, to cover the 363 miles between Albany and Buffalo. What was once a two-week stagecoach ...

The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie, facilitating access from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Construction began in 1817 under the leadership of ...

Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...

The Erie Canal, a monumental engineering feat, played a pivotal role in transforming Chicago from a swampy outpost into a bustling metropolis. Celebrating its 200th anniversary, this waterway not only ...

UTICA, NEW YORK—The Times Telegram reports that road construction in New York’s Mohawk Valley has uncovered a section of the Erie Canal, a waterway that once connected New York City to the Great Lakes ...