A major goal was to link Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast through a canal. The Erie Canal would connect to the port of New York City by beginning at the Hudson River near Troy‚ New York. The Hudson River flows into New York Bay and past the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The canal would flow to Rome‚ New York‚ then through Syracuse and Rochester to Buffalo‚ located on the northeast coast of Lake Erie Once the plans of the Erie Canal were done New York wanted
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Erie Canal Changing America The Erie Canal finished in 1825 went from Lake Erie to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built in the search for a better way of transportation from the Old Northwest to the East Coast. The Erie Canal seemed impossible to build by many but it was eventually built overcoming some challenges along the way. The Erie Canal had many positive effects on America but had a few negative consequences. The difficulty in the transportation of goods from Old Northwest
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improve transportation into the interior and beyond the great physical barrier of the Appalachian Mountains. A major goal was to link Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast through a canal. Many surveys and proposals were developed to build a canal but it was ultimately a survey performed in 1816 that established the route of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal would connect to the port of New York City by beginning at the Hudson river near Troy‚ New York. The Hudson River flows into New
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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
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Table of Contents • Introduction……………………………………………….…………………….....................1 • History of Canals………………………………………………………….…………...…..1-3 • Uprising of Canals………………………………………………………………….…..….3-5 • The Erie Canal……………………………………………………………………...…...…5-7 • Enlarging the Erie………………………………………………..………………….…….7-9 • The Barge Canal……………………………………………………………………….…9-11 • Railroad Development……………………………………………………………...…..11-12 • Labor Unions……………………………………………………………………………12-14 • Public
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Lake Erie has been a valuable food and water source for a long time and one of the biggest‚ after you read this article please help out lake Erie. In this essay you will read about the problems Lake Erie had in the 1960’s and 70’s we solved and we are in today. “In 1960 Lake Erie had become extremely polluted‚ in part due to the heavy industries that lined its shores in Cleveland and other cities.” (Rotman) As a result of these pollutants‚ Lake Erie contained increased levels of phosphorus and nitrogen
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The Erie Canal Christopher Spencer September 18‚ 2013 HIST101 i015 The Erie Canal was a very important event during the year of 1825. Many things changed with the building of the canal. The canal would make life easier for those in the North‚ and pave the way for even bigger and better events to come. Transportation would never be the same after the implementation and completion of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal would connect the Hudson River and Lake Erie through
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The Ohio and Erie canal is one of the most important canals in Ohio during the 19th century. People need a way to transport goods with easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie for a decent price. When they made the Ohio and Erie Canal it made the made transportation a lot easier and cheaper with canals rather than turnpikes.People also hope that the canals would open new markets for Ohio goods. Washington and Jefferson had discussed the desirability of a canal linking Lake Erie to the Ohio
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Lake Erie The Walleye Capital of the world needs major help! Lake Erie was polluted in the 1960s and 1970s‚ it’s happening again and they need our help. As a result of the pollution Lake Erie contained high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen. Since Lake Erie has such high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen it’s known as the “dead sea”. Factories cause some of the pollution; most of the pollution is caused from fertilizer on fields‚ agricultural runoff‚ and city sewer plants. “As a result of these
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Lake Erie Save lake Erie now or it will hurt Ohio later on! The lake was polluted and wanted to fix it so we did but‚ we ruined the lake once more 40 years later. “First‚ As a result of these pollutants‚ Lake Erie contained increased levels of phosphorus and nitrogen‚ which contributed to eutrophication - a process that encourages the development of algal blooms.” (Rotman) It was called “burning river” or “dead lake”. In 1960 the lake was a terrible it seemed to be like a swamp with lots of algae
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