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They open the spillways and both doors of the locks sometime after November 15 and let the water drain down stream. This is so ice flows don't damage them. In the spring after the snow melts the spillways are closed and the canal refills.
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What canal is between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?
The Welland Canal.
What waterway connects the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico?
The Erie Canal
Was the Erie Canal cemented?
The Erie Canal was not cemented.
What provided cheaper and faster transportation to the great lakes area?
the Erie canal
What lake did the Erie Canal join with?
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.
What canal connects Albany and buffalo?
The Ohio and Erie Canal linked Cleveland with Lake Erie.
Which waterway joined Lake Erie with Hudson River?
the Erie Canal
How long is the erie canal-?
The original length of the Erie Canal was 363 feet.
What state is the Erie Canal located in?
The Erie Canal is in the state of New York.
What Erie Canal connected Albany on the Hudson?
The Erie Canal connects Albany, The Hudson River, Lake Erie, Buffalo, and everything in between.
What The Erie Canal connected .?
The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie.
Canal joining Lake Erie and the Hudson River?
erie canal
