The Erie Canal changed the United States because it brought food from the Midwest to New York City. It also brought immigrants from Europe that came to New York and wanted to farm in the Midwest.
Lake Erie. The canal was named the Erie Canal.
The Erie Canal
The construction of the Erie Canal brought food to New York City and many European immigrants used it to find land to farm.
Erie Canal
The Welland Canal.
US-Erie Canal 1825.
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.
Erie Canal