Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is an great example of the geniuses that inhabit our world. Workers built a canal that went from New York all the way to Lake Erie! It is all manmade and had to be hand dug. Not only is it long, but it changes elevation which means you have to go up locks. Locks are part of the canal that descend or ascend. By balancing water and using gravity you can do down quite easily. We walked along some of the locks and they are huge! The canals are deep and wide, and there was even some water in the canal. All the water up here is clear and blue!
It was fun to see such a huge contributor to the economics of early America.