The locks will close until March 25 when the spring shipping season begins. The MacArthur Lock is scheduled to reopen in late ...

The winter maintenance period lasts into March and allows crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform needed ...

The Erie Canal is a waterway that not only played a pivotal role in New York's economic development, but expansion of the country westward.

Albany Waterway Incorporated web landing page. Artist and historian Len Tantillo has been floating the idea of reopening Albany’s portion of the Erie Canal for more than 30 years. In 2022, the idea ...

This week, one of the nation’s earliest and most important public works projects, the 363-mile Erie Canal linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, marked its 200th anniversary. There was only ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This week one of the nation’s earliest and most important public works projects, the 363-mile Erie Canal linking the ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...

Oct. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1825, the Erie Canal, the United States' first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. The 500-mile ...

(The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier. (The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, on ...

This article originally appeared in the Conversation. Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities ...