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man-made waterway: canal, aqueduct, lock system
The Erie Canal was used by many thousands of people in New York and immigrants that went on to settle in the Midwest.
The Erie Canal is still used mostly for recreation and fishing. But there are some barges of corn and wheat for ethanol production using the Erie Canal.
Many people from Europe used the Erie Canal to get to Wisconsin and Illinois to farm.
The Welland Canal.
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 Erie Canal
People used the Erie Canal because it was faster than horseback and could carry more goods.