As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed ...

When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it was an immediate success and led to the growth of the Empire State. A new series dives ...

Standedge Tunnel is hidden under Saddleworth's hills, a secret portal leading all the way to Yorkshire as Britain's longest, deepest and ...

Check. But what about electrical work or, maybe even (for companies), fabricating sheet metal? Check. A more than century-old Erie company has grown to do all that, and more. Sparks fly from a welding ...

The New York State Department of Transportation said 490 West will be reduced to one lane as the bridges over Kreag Road and the Erie Canal are replaced ... around 80 years old, built in the ...

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp. and WMHT Public Media are set to launch a multi-platform, multi-media project to commemorate the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. Through a 10 ...

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The Downtown Akron Sakura Festival will return April 5 along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. The free festival, which coincides with the bloom of more than 450 cherry blossom trees ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistan government has launched an ambitious agricultural project with the aim of boosting food security in the South Asian nation of 240 million people. A network of ...

A week before the planned opening, the Tuscarawas River flooded into the Ohio-Erie Canal, bringing 4½ feet of water into the basement and damaging essential utilities. The Barrel Room on Canal ...