Yet shortly after the locks opened in 1825, completing a man-made waterway that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, the critics were silenced, and the Erie Canal, one of the greatest ...

ROME — 2025 marks a landmark year for New York State and the nation as we commemorate the bicentennial of the completion and ...

Prior to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, Buffalo, NY was a small rural farming community. With its strategic position and access to the rest of the Great Lakes, it was only a matter of time ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Preparations are already underway in Downtown Buffalo for the upcoming bicentennial celebration of the opening ... at the time the Erie Canal opened in 1825, to a thriving ...

The New Visitors Experience Center will open in advance of the Buffalo ... from a rural village at the time the Erie Canal opened in 1825 to a bustling 19 th-century port and shipping hub.

Inspired by the Erie Canal of the state of New York, the Ohio & Erie Canal — for which ground was broken on July 4, 1825, and completion ... through five years, opening days and first boat ...