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Syracuse has the museum and they are promoting the 200th anniversary of the start of the Erie Canal.
The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825. It ended at the city of Buffalo, NY. From there passengers needed to book a different ship to get to Ohio or Michigan.
The Erie Canal linked New York City and the Midwest.
The Erie Canal made New York City the leading seaport of America.
There are a number of cities along the Erie Canal including Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Utica.
Buffalo, NY is the westernmost city on the Erie Canal.
The Erie Canal connected the city of Albany to the city of Buffalo by Lake Erie. People came up the Hudson River from New York to the Canal. The canal used the Mohawk River and other rivers, lakes, and swamps.
The Erie Canal
the building of canals improves water transportation. the Erie canal opened the upper Ohio rivet valley and the great lakes region to settlement and trade. it increased nationalism by uniting the regions.
New York City benefited greatly from the Erie Canal. It made NYC the busiest port on the Atlantic Ocean.
The artificial waterway across New York State connecting Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie is the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal was in the past the main route for transporting goods from New York City ports to Buffalo, where they could be shipped across the Great Lakes. Thus, goods could be transported across the entire country all by waterways.
NYC was connected to the Great Lakes through the Hudson River and the Erie Canal.