MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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It was a waterway that took you to hotels.
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man made river
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it was a boat
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man-made waterway that connected Albany on the Hudson to Buffalo on Lake Eerie. Provided the first all-water link between farms on the Central Plains and East Coast cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825.
Detailed explanation-2: -Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America. The canal put New York on the map as the Empire State-the leader in population, industry, and economic strength.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Erie Canal played a major part in commerce in the history of the United States. Its creation helped to make New York City the chief port in the United States and opened the western part of the state and other western territories to increased settlement and trade.
Detailed explanation-4: -The NYS Canal System links the Hudson River with Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie via the Niagara River, allowing boaters to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Detailed explanation-5: -Instead, the thickly forested land was cleared and the 40-foot wide canal was dug and the locks were constructed by the raw manpower of an estimated 50, 000 laborers, including a large contingent of recently arrived Irish immigrants.