DeWitt Clinton. Yet shortly after the locks opened in 1825, completing a man-made waterway that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, the critics were silenced, and the Erie Canal ...

If ever I were to build a canal across the entire state, I’d select the same day they chose to begin the Erie Canal. Just ...

This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s ...

The Erie Canal opened on Oct. 26 ... the eight-year construction project was the vision of New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton. He convinced the New York State legislature to commit $7 million to ...

DeWitt Clinton, the canal's leading champion ... the state of New York in its official history of the canal. "The Erie Canal's cost of construction was recovered in just nine years." " ...

DeWitt Clinton boarded in Buffalo and traveled to New York on to mark the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. But that's only part of the Buffalo Maritime Center's plan. The public would also be ...

For the grand finale, a replica of Seneca Chief, the boat Governor Dewitt Clinton used for his inaugural Erie Canal journey to open the Canal in 1825, will set sail on September 24 and ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

“Governor DeWitt Clinton was aboard this boat in 1825 and ... Sandy Hook to bring the waters together, saying that the Erie Canal is open for business,” said Executive Director of the Buffalo ...