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DeWitt Clinton believed in the Erie Canal and got funding for it. It was designed by Benjamin Wright and built by Irish immigrants.
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∙ 6y agoThe Erie Canal is not an invention. It was built by thousands of Irish immigrant workers. The Governor DeWitt Clinton pushed for the canal to be built and helped get state funding for the construction. Benjamin Wright was the chief engineer. Canvass White went to England to study their canals and had drawings of how to make the locks for the canal.
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∙ 6y agoDe Witt Clinton was the New York governor who signed the funding bill. There were others did the actual work such as Benjamin Wright who was the chief engineer and Canvass White, Nathan Roberts, John B. Jervis, James Geddes also worked on the canal.
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∙ 6y agoDewitt Clinton made the Erie canal possible by helping fund it. Irish immigrants built the Erie canal.
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∙ 6y agoDeWitt Clinton believed in the Erie Canal and got funding for it. It was designed by Benjamin Wright and built by Irish immigrants.
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∙ 6y agoMuch of the digging was done by Irish immigrants with shovels and wheelbarrows who were willing to work for 50 cents a day and some whiskey.
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∙ 15y agoDe Witt Clinton Was the inventor of the Erie Canal
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What colony invented the Erie Canal?
The colonies had already become the United States when the Erie Canal was built.
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.
