Erie Canal In The 1800s

The Erie Canal was a big success during the 1800s. Helping and aiding many people, making their life easier. In source #3 it shows the table which from how old transportation before the erie canal came. The table shows the burst of the erie canal’s explosion on the usefulness and the usage of the erie canal. Cost lowering, usage of the Erie Canal going immensely up, population of some areas going way up due to the popularity and the usefulness of the Erie Canal, cutting down normal time of travel by old transportation by more than half the usual days to Albany to Buffalo and more number of states.
In source #2 it shows us that an image or reimagined image of the Erie Canal. The visualization shows to have a ton of people using the Canals about 25+ more canals being on the river. And the passageway to (I’m unsure where they are going to but I think it's going there) Albany to Buffalo or Buffalo to Albany. So the usage of the Erie Canal was very large from the time of 1820 to 1850 or maybe at least the 1800s.
The article tells us that the Erie Canal was a major breakpoint for travel/transportation. Also, like I said it shows the historical era of the Erie Canal, who created it, how it was created, and how it can help us. This article is the most important source to show the Erie Canal’s importance on how it grew to something bigger and it’s big success because on the article it stated “When it opened in 1825, the Erie Canal almost immediately revolutionized trade, commerce, and transportation.” This backs up my first statement on how it helps people’s lives changing the way on how trade, and transportation, revolutionizing the way of transportation during those time