It took thousands of Irish laborers with shovels and wheelbarrows to dig the canal in eight years.
The Erie canal is 100% man made.
Dewitt Clinton made the Erie canal possible by helping fund it. Irish immigrants built the Erie canal.
After 1918 the Erie canal was later abandoned.
The Erie Canal made New York City the leading seaport of America.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a man-made canal stretching from Albany, New York to Buffalo, New York.
The Erie Canal made shipping 80% cheaper.
The Welland Canal.
The Erie Canal
The Panama Canal and the Erie Canal.
US-Erie Canal 1825.
New York City benefited greatly from the Erie Canal. It made NYC the busiest port on the Atlantic Ocean.