On October 26, 1825, the fate of New York City – and the entire United States – changed with the opening of the Erie Canal, a manmade waterway that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. It was the most significant engineering project of its time, linking the ocean to the nation’s interior — a… Read More The post The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal: New York’s Engineering Icon Celebrates 200 Years appeared first on The Bowery Boys: New York City History.
