Anna Proctor

MAT 601THE ERIE CANAL

W

H

Y

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Transportation shifts of the 19 th century

Migration

Economic importance

Great Lakes

W

H

E

N

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Survey

July 4, 1817

October 25, 1825

1862

W

H

O

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Local laborers

I r ish Immigrants

80¢/day for 10-12 hours

Engineers

H

O

W

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Man power

Endless screw and stump puller

Locks/aqueducts/ waste-weirs

Limestone to cement

Steam power

H

O

W

B

I

G

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363 miles

40 feet wide

4 inches deep

F

U

N

D

S

Dewi tt C l in ton Jam es M onroe

7 mill ion dollars

Presidential Veto

Collecting tolls

D

R

A

W

B

A

C

K

S

Damaged property

Canal leaks

Split farms

Noise the canal brought

Worried about disease

B

E

N

E

F

I

T

S

$100 reduced

to $10

New York’s

success

Cities along the

canal prosper

Travellers and

migration

R

E

F

E

R

E

N

C

E

S

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