The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times ...
Two centuries after the Erie Canal was opened with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted ...
Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...
Two centuries after the Erie Canal opened, the historic shipping channel is being reimagined as public space for the 21st century. The 338-mile waterway stretching across New York State from Buffalo ...
The Erie Canal will still be operating two centuries from now, but forget about mules on towpaths. Robots will be operating the canal by the time it turns 400 years old. That, at least, is the vision ...
The opening of the Erie Canal was touted as an incredible achievement of human ingenuity, a 363-mile engineering marvel built 200 years ago ... by remembering to “Clean, Drain and Dry” their canoe, ...
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Editor's note: This story has been updated to include information on the project submitted by the award winners from Frankfort-Schuyler Elementary School. The Erie Canal will still be operating two ...
The Erie Canal turns 200 this year and a spate of activities are taking place to celebrate, including the Herkimer Marina Festival on Friday, Oct. 10. At the festival, three teams of elementary ...