Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal by Courtney Turek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9 en-us 2016-05-01 16:47:02 UTC 2026-06-08 19:02:35 UTC hello@padlet.com TImeline cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640250 *July 4th, 1817 groundbreaking for Erie Canal

*October 1819 first section completed between Utica and Rome

*October 1820 middle section opened from Montezuma to Utica

*October 1822 canal completed between Rochester and Little Falls

*October 1823 opened up  between Brockport and Albany

*June 1825 Lockport Locks completed

*October 25, 1825 marked the first journey called, Floatilla, carrying DeWitt Clinton from Buffalo to New York City]]> 2016-05-01 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640250 Jobs cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640273 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640273 What Life Was Like for Workers cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640286 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640286 Purpose of the Canal cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640306 2016-05-01 16:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640306 Problems and Solutions cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640340 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640340 Who cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640350 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640350 Locks cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640354 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640354 Facts About the Canal cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640377 Enter details here]]> 2016-05-01 16:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/108640377 Before the Canal cturek https://padlet.com/rhcsd/olr3owoz4kl9/wish/174040171 * It was difficult and expensive to ship goods west due to the Appalachian Mountains.

*Farmers and traders had a hard time getting their goods to customers out west.

* Took nearly a month to transport goods from  Lake Erie to the Hudson River. 

*Waterways were blocked by many obstructions which made it difficult to travel by boat.

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