The Erie Canal was America’s first core water transportation system. It's major goal was to link the Great Lakes with
the Atlantic Ocean. It is a water passage that runs through New York, and travels through both Albany and Lake Erie.
It has also succeeded in linking the rest of the Great Lakes together. The Erie Canal was quite expensive and required
7 million dollars to build. The time it took to build the Erie Canal was from 1818 to 1825. It greatly impacted the
transportation of goods and a wider variety of these goods could be transported throughout the United States.
It had also made trade much more efficient and cheaper. For example, goods that had to be shipped form Buffalo to
New York cost $100. After the completion of the Erie Canal, those same goods could be sold for a mere $10. Many of
the town’s economies along this canal were greatly boosted. The success of the Erie Canal also encouraged many
other areas of America as well as foreign countries to create canals. The Erie Canal, which was constructed in a
remarkable fashion, greatly aided the trade and economy of not only the Northeast, but the nation as a whole.
the Atlantic Ocean. It is a water passage that runs through New York, and travels through both Albany and Lake Erie.
It has also succeeded in linking the rest of the Great Lakes together. The Erie Canal was quite expensive and required
7 million dollars to build. The time it took to build the Erie Canal was from 1818 to 1825. It greatly impacted the
transportation of goods and a wider variety of these goods could be transported throughout the United States.
It had also made trade much more efficient and cheaper. For example, goods that had to be shipped form Buffalo to
New York cost $100. After the completion of the Erie Canal, those same goods could be sold for a mere $10. Many of
the town’s economies along this canal were greatly boosted. The success of the Erie Canal also encouraged many
other areas of America as well as foreign countries to create canals. The Erie Canal, which was constructed in a
remarkable fashion, greatly aided the trade and economy of not only the Northeast, but the nation as a whole.