A canal in New York State connecting the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo, opened in 1825 after eight years of construction. It gave the port of New York a water route to the Great Lakes and the interior of North America, sharply cutting the cost of shipping goods and driving New York's growth into the nation's busiest port, and it spurred a wave of American canal building in its wake. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Completion Year SignificanceGave New York a water route to the Great Lakes, sharply cutting shipping costs and driving the ports growth. 1 Classification
Heritage DesignationNationally Designated Heritage Site 1 Connections
Operated By
Source Wikipedia: Erie Canal
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1. Wikipedia: Erie Canal
Wikipedia- Overview
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Political opponents of the canal, referring to its lead supporter New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, denigrated the project as Clinton's Folly and Clinton's Big Ditch.
Current use section
Today, the Erie Canal is mainly used by recreational watercraft.
Heritage corridor section
In 2000, Congress designated the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to protect and promote the system.
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Congress designated the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
- Part Of: Maritime Transport
Part Of: Inland Waterway Transport, Construction and operation
Canal boats up to 3.5 feet (1.1 m) in draft were pulled by horses and mules walking on the towpath.
In Group: Historic and Inland Canals, Lead sentence
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
Operated By: New York State Canal Corporation, Infobox: navigation_authority
New York State Canal Corporation
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