Erie Canal

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The Erie Canal increased migration to the Midwest.

Construction on the Erie Canal in New York state began in 1817. The canal was opened on October 26, 1825. It ran from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo at Lake Erie, a total of about 363 miles.

It depended on the type of boat, but mules or horses usualy.

Water is a cheaper means of travel than overland. Mules would pull the barges against the current.

For better trade

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The address of the Erie Canal Museum is: 318 Erie Blvd E, Syracuse, NY 13202-1106.

43.052278, -76.303029

Erie, Kansas holds an annual bean festival called the Bean Feed. Held during the third week of July, the Bean Feed invites guests to come share a free meal of beans.

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The Erie Canal made New York the economic capital of the world. It linked the Northwest Territories made up of present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio with New York. People in these Northwestern Territories were allowed to transport crops and goods to be sold in New York more quickly and cheaper with the canal. It greatly benefitted the U.S. economy in this way.

It connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It reduced the cost of transportation by 80%. It also brought many immigrants to the Midwest.

It took thousands of Irish laborers with shovels and wheelbarrows to dig the canal in eight years.

The Irish immigrants dug the ditch and the German stone cutters created the locks.

The Erie Canal and the railroad both aided transportation of goods. It made the United States grow into a strong and prosperous nation.

The Erie Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad both helped the United States grow as a nation. Both helped carry food to the cities and bring immigrants west. Both lowered transportation costs from people walking or carrying goods by pack animals.

The Erie Canal started sooner and received no federal money. The Erie Canal was in New York but other canals were dug in Ohio. The Transcontinental Railroad went all the way across the country and was partially responsible for killing the bison and making less land available for native Americans

The Erie Canal has no affect on the outline of the St. Lawrence River.

The Erie Canal was finished October 26, 1825. As soon as goods started going through, some went to or from other countries including Canadian wheat.

Many people from Europe used the Erie Canal to get to Wisconsin and Illinois to farm.

Burl Ives was a folksinger and actor-- not a songwriter. The Erie Canal song was written long before Mr. Ives, and presumably sometime after 1825 when the canal was built. There were a lot of songs written about the Erie and other canals, just like there would be a lot of songs written about trains after trains made canals obsolete.

Clinton's folly, or Clinton's Ditch, refers to the Erie Canal and De Witt Clinton. De Witt Clinton was a New York politician who worked to get the idea of connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie funded and built. It was completed in 1825 and provided revenue to the state well past 1872.

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The speed of water flow in the Erie Canal varies depending on factors such as location and weather conditions, but on average, it flows at about 2 to 4 miles per hour. This relatively slow speed is suitable for the canal's primary use for navigation and transport. The canal's design includes locks that help manage water levels and flow rates, facilitating the movement of boats and barges.