USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway is a deep draft waterway extending 3, 700 km (2, 340 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean to the head of the Great Lakes, in the heart of North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The man-made waterway, designed by untrained engineers, featured 83 separate locks, two massive stone-and-cement aqueducts to crisscross the Mohawk River, and a final ingenious “flight” of interconnected locks to raise boats over the 70-foot Niagara Escarpment.

Detailed explanation-5: -The completion of the Erie Canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States.