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The new mural complements the “Nine Mile Aqueduct” indoor mural on the second floor of the Sims Store also completed by Mural ...
A small mirror sits on the windowsill of Allyn Perry’s living room revealing a view of the original Erie Canal built in 1825.
Cycle the Erie Canal supports Parks & Trails New York’s work on the Erie Canalway ... but there are many events happening in various towns and cities along the Canal: On Fri., ...
On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...
It was at that time that the canal was rerouted around cities ... that the Erie Canal and New York state had was geology. The Appalachian Mountains essentially formed a wall along the eastern ...
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor invites New Yorkers to be part of the Erie Canal Bicentennial by taking up the ...
A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie ... New York, the eastern terminus, is a mere 16.5 feet in elevation. Given rises and dips along the way, the engineers knew the canal couldn’t ...
Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of New York State’s Erie Canal begin this month, offering unique recreational ...
Three communities along the ... or the New York State Thruway. Speaking for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park, Darin Rooker said they are pleased to be added to the Trail Towns program.
World Atlas made a list of the 10 best road trips to take in New York, and three are in the Southern Tier. Interstate 88 ...
Standing along the historic Erie Canal, the small village of Fairport, New York — home to roughly 5,400 ... the Erie Canal,” Fairport blends small-town allure with recreational and cultural ...
As "Following the Flow" points out, the Erie Canal may have been completed on Oct. 26, 1825, but the portion connecting western and central New York was ... to visitors, along with its boats ...