1 Here the Erie Canal was constructed.

2 Scene of Lockport on the Erie Canal (W.

3 In 1825 , the Erie Canal opened to serve as a crucial waterway through New York state.

4 In 1825 , the Erie Canal opened, to as a crucial waterway through New York State.

5 In 1825 , the Erie canal opened became the first water channel between the communication.

6 After many years of work the Erie Canal was completed in 1825.

7 In 1825 , the Erie Canal opened, to serve as a crucial waterway through New York State.

8 The success of the Erie Canal motivated other states to begin their own canal projects, and engineers trained on the Erie fanned out across the country providing expertise to these projects.

9 Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 363 miles long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean.

10 One day I heard a story about a group who had ridden from Buffalo to Albany, along the old Erie Canal tow path.

11 An industrial center, the city was built around a series of locks on the Erie Canal. Population, 24, 426.