When
the Erie Canal opened, it offered a quicker shipping route through New
York’s waterways. In the early 1800s, sending goods west from New York
City across the state was expensive and took a lot of time. There were
no railroads yet and it took two weeks to travel by stagecoach. Several
New York legislators proposed building a canal across the state, and
they received tremendous support from Governor DeWitt Clinton.
Clinton
convinced the legislature to supply $7 million for this project.
Construction on the canal began on July 4, 1817, in Rome, NY
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home in Camden). After more than two years of digging, the 425-mile Erie Canal officially opened on October 26, 1825.
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