As the Erie Canal marks its 200 th year since its full operation between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, the Democrat and ...

The original Erie Canal ran roughly along the same route of the modern-day state Route 5S and crews have uncovered walls, bridges and other features abandoned to time.

Considered a marvel of engineering, the canal opened in Oct. 26, 1825, with great fanfare and became an engine of growth of cities and commerce in America.

The Erie Canal was the longest canal in the world, and was also perhaps the most productive. It not only supplied the western states a route by which to ship their goods to market, but also opened ...

Eight years in the building, the Erie Canal stretched 363 miles from its namesake Great Lake to the Hudson River near Albany . . . creating a water route from the East Coast to the rapidly-growing ...

The 11th annual cross-state bicycle tour along the Erie Canal - Cycling the Erie Canal - is scheduled for July 12-13. Cycling the Erie Canal is an eight-day, 400-mile, recreational bicycle tour ...

As the route shifted when the waterway needed to be expanded, some parts of the original canal bed have filled with weeds, above. A tugboat in a lock on the Erie Canal. (Duncan Hay/Erie Canalway ...

A proposed route for the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail through New Philadelphia would use Union Avenue, Seventh Street and Front Avenue. The route still could change.

The Erie Canal originally measured 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide when constructed in 1825. . ... Some states along that route include Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and places farther west.

Mentz, NY — The New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner announced that work has begun on a project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying State Route 38 over the Erie Canal.

The advent of the Erie Canal was years in the making with debate about who was going to pay for it and which route it would take. Progress finally began on July 4, 1817 with a ceremonial ...