ok next Canal question.
Who built the Erie Canal why and with what technology?
plz hurry I only have 7 minutes to finish this.
LOL, now how did New York City ever catch up to Philadelphia and Boston ?
http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/eriecanal.htm
thanks ur a life saver lol and i have no idea how they caught up with Philadelphia and Boston lol
The Erie Canal connected New York City up the Hudson River and through the canal to the Great Lakes.
It is much, much cheaper to ship grain and stuff by boat than by road.
So that opened up the mid west and made NY a big city.