One reason that food prices dropped when the Erie Canal opened was that the cost of transporting food was reduced by using this waterway. The canal of 1825 made the cost of moving goods from inland to seaports faster and cheaper.
made it easier for stuff from the west to get to the east. decreasing value.
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.
1825 was when the canal opened.
The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825.
Erie Canal was opened on October 26, 1825, by Governor Clinton.
The Erie Canal is in the state of New York. It opened a wider route into the Midwest.
The "Erie Canal", opened on October 26, 1825 but not fully completed until 1832.
to transport goods
The Erie Canal
It took a long time for goods to go across the Appalachian Mountains by man on horseback. It was much faster to go by barge pulled by mules on the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal paid for itself in two years and reduced the price of shipping by 90%.
The Erie Canal affected trade by reducing the price by 80% so that Midwest farmers could ship their goods affordably to New York City.
Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific in 1805. The Erie Canal opened in 1825.
The Erie Canal reduced the costs of shipping by 90%.