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Building of the Erie Canal began on July 4, 1817.
The Governor of New York during the building of the Erie Canal was DeWitt Clinton.
Lowell started building mills Lowell, Massachusetts in 1821. The Erie Canal opened October 26, 1825.
The Welland Canal.
Justin Bieber, farmers, merchants, and hobos.
It started in 1817 and took 8 years.
The Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was not cemented.
the Erie canal
No the Erie Canal did not join the Ohio River. But New York was not the only state that built canals. The state of Ohio also built canals. The Miami and Erie Canal went to the Ohio River. The Erie and Ohio Canal also reached the Ohio River. Neither of these canals were as successful as the Erie Canal.
The Ohio and Erie Canal linked Cleveland with Lake Erie.
The governor of New York, De Witt Clinton argued for the canal. He helped fund the building.