2 1825 Lynchburg VIRGINIA newspapers OPENING of the ERIE CANAL in New York State

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2 1825 Lynchburg VIRGINIA newspapers OPENING of the ERIE CANAL in New York State:
$75.00

2 1825 Lynchburg VIRGINIA newspapers announcing the COMPLETION of the ERIE CANAL with its opening in New York State

Please visit our store at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at PHOTO-----Two (2) COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPERs,theLynchburg Virginian dated Nov 17 and 24, 1825.

These newspapers contain inside page headlines and long detailed news coverage of the ceremony marking the OPENING of the ERIE CANAL in New York State.

The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that originally ran about 363 miles from Albany, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, at Lake Erie. Built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal is now part of the New York State Canal System.

First proposed in 1807, its construction began in 1817. The canal contains 36 locks and a total elevation differential of about 565 feet. It opened on October 26, 1825.

In a time when bulk goods were limited to pack animals (250 pounds maximum), and there were no steamships or railways, water was the most cost-effective way to ship bulk goods. The canal was the first transportation system between the Eastern seaboard (New York City) and the western interior (Great Lakes) of the United States that did not require portage. It was faster than carts pulled by draft animals, and cut transport costs by about 95%. The canal fostered a population surge in western New York and opened regions farther west to settlement. It was enlarged between 1834 and 1862. In 1918, the western part of the canal was enlarged to become part of the New York State Barge Canal, which ran parallel to the Eastern half and extended to the Hudson.

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