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.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal made New York City the leading seaport of America.
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 Erie Canal was not cemented.
The Panama Canal and the Erie Canal.
US-Erie Canal 1825.