because it was easier for people to trade and import/ export goods to other contries.
11.9sq miles
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 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 Wabash and Erie Canal increased population and commerce in the state of Indiana and Ohio. It was short-lived because railroads soon to the business.
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
The original length of the Erie Canal was 363 feet.