Fall on the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, originally stretching for 363 miles (584 km) from the Hudson River in Albany to Lake Erie in Buffalo.
Construction began in 1817, and it opened on October 26, 1825. The canal has 34 numbered locks starting with Black Rock Lock and ending downstream with the Troy Federal Lock. It has an elevation difference of about 565 feet (172 m).
In 2000, Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. Recognizing the national significance of the canal system as the most successful and influential human-built waterway and one of the most important works of civil engineering and construction in North America.
Fall on the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, originally stretching for 363 miles (584 km) from the Hudson River in Albany to Lake Erie in Buffalo.
Construction began in 1817, and it opened on October 26, 1825. The canal has 34 numbered locks starting with Black Rock Lock and ending downstream with the Troy Federal Lock. It has an elevation difference of about 565 feet (172 m).
In 2000, Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. Recognizing the national significance of the canal system as the most successful and influential human-built waterway and one of the most important works of civil engineering and construction in North America.