fallen trees,swamps and also new york WAS NOT FLAT
You might try contacting the Erie Canal Museum.
The two problems were that it took 8 years to build it and the workers did not have the kinds of machines we have today . They used picks and shovels. And the workers were paid about 80 cents a day to a dollar a day..
Many of the immigrants that traveled the Erie Canal ended up in cities like Cleveland and Chicago. Some of the workers of the Erie Canal also worked on canals in Ohio and the Illinois Michigan canal near Chicago.
The Erie Canal, had 1,000 deaths from its 50,000 workers. Some died from disease from swampy terrain, or careless use of gunpowder while blasting. Others died of drowning or canal collapses which buried workers under tons of rubble.
The Erie Canal got its name from Lake Erie which is where the canal ended.
No the Erie Canal did NOT join with the Ohio River. All of the Erie Canal is inside of New York state. The Erie & Ohio Canal, the Erie & Wabash Canal, and the Miami &Erie Canal all eventually connected to the Ohio River.
The Erie Canal was not cemented.
The Erie Canal reached Lake Erie.
The Erie canal connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River.
One half of the workers on the Erie Canal came from Ireland, specifically Northern Ireland.
The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie.
Construction on the Erie Canal was from 1817 to 1825.
The Erie Canal is 363 miles long.
The Erie Canal is in the state of New York.
They fill the Erie Canal on May 1.
There were 18 aqueducts on the Erie Canal.
The Erie Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie.
The Erie Canal connected Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo.
Lake Erie. The canal was named the Erie Canal.
The significance of the Erie Canal is that it helped settle the Midwest.
The Erie Canal is 363 miles long.
The original Erie Canal was 40 feet wide.
The Erie canal was 365 miles long.