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Erie Canal Project Topics
1. Who originally conceived the idea of a canal stretching from west to east across New York State?
Why was there no simple way to transport people, raw materials or manufactured goods from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great
Lakes?
2. Who was Dewitt Clinton and how did he affect the canal?
3. Who built the canal? Describe the process and tools that were used.
4. Did the canal prove to be a good investment for New York?
5. Why did tourists travel the canal in the 1830s?
6. What problems did the Erie Canal cause?
7. How were the places below impacted economically and socially by the Erie Canal?
7a. Albany -
7b. Troy,
7c. Cohoes
7d. Amsterdam -
7e. Schenectady -
7f.Syracuse -
7g.Rochester -
7h. Buffalo –
**Castleton
8. How much did it cost to ship goods along the canal compared to other methods?
9. How many boats operated on the canal in 1840’s?
How many people
worked on those boats?
10. List and describe the jobs of those people who were employed to maintain and operate the canal itself?
11. What improvements were proposed for the Barge Canal System in the early 1900s?
12. What products were shipped on the Barge Canal?
13. Why did traffic
on the Canal decline after 1951?
14. Describe the Geography of the Erie Canal-
What two major bodies of water are connected by the Erie Canal?
Why was the location compared to other locations?
15. What was the Erie Canal originally used for?
How did the canal change the way people were doing things at
that time?
16. What is a lock and how does it work?
17. What is the canal used for today?
18. How did other methods of transportation (trains and the Thruway)
impact the Erie Canal?
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