Erie Canal

American  

noun

1. a canal in New York between Albany and Buffalo, connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie: completed in 1825.

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Erie Canal British  

noun

1. a canal in New York State between Albany and Buffalo, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie. Length: 579 km (360 miles)

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Erie Canal Cultural  

1. An artificial waterway built across New York state in the early nineteenth century, linking Lake Erie and the Hudson River. The canal opened trade between New York and the midwestern states and aided in the growth of New York City as a port.

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Example Sentences

“For the Syracuse area, this is the best thing that’s happened probably since the Erie Canal.”

From Seattle Times

The box also contained a medal that celebrates the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825.

From BBC

There was also an Erie Canal commemorative medal dating to 1826.

From Seattle Times

The flat-bottomed boat carrying local hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of an historic underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal in the western New York city of Lockport, killing one person.

From Seattle Times

“But I thought that’s the role Congress has played since the Erie Canal.”

From New York Times