Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available today. That will change when Lock 47, part of where the canal once coursed ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times ...

When the Erie Canal was created between 1817 and 1825, it was an engineering wonder — and still is today. Consisting of an ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – There have been 200 years of cruising down the Erie Canal, but that wouldn’t be possible without locks. Locks are essential for navigation on the canal, acting as elevators for boats ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — Moving boats up and down through Erie Canal locks 34 and 35 ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A financial grant is heading toward the Albany waterway in the continued effort to redevelop the eastern end of the Erie Canal. The $85,000 grant will be used to start an ...

Equipment will begin to be marshaled at the Erie Canal locks in Lockport Wednesday for the $1.3 million restoration of another of the 19th century locks to working condition. David R. Kinyon, ...

Heavy rainfall delays opening of Erie Canal locks The large amounts of rainfall the Capital Region received last week is affecting the local lock system. The state is delaying the opening of the Erie ...

Americans’ pockets hold digital devices delivering oceans of information and distractions. But another technology that ...