Erie Canal: Thre Link Between the Northeast and Midwest  

Posted by Dan O'Brien in ,

Why was the Erie Canal built?

What are some interesting facts about the canal?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 9:33 AM and is filed under , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments feed .

4 comments

Anonymous  

MB4-2 The Erie canal was built so people could travel in a cheaper way.

November 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Anonymous  

the Erie canal was built to help all the farmers and people to get to places alot easier. the canal has like 83 locks or something like that.

mn42

November 19, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Anonymous  

The erie canal was built to get people across land faster and cheaper.The erie canal took eight years to make and they got paid only like 5 cents an hour or 5 cents a day,also the people uses mules to pull boats across water.

November 19, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Anonymous  

MB 4-2 Mules have to pull the boats because there is no current in the canal.

November 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM

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