The Erie Canal

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:canal
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:New_York_State
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Erie_Canalway_National_Heritage_Corridor
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Hudson_River
gptkb:Lake_Erie
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1817
gptkbp:containsSong gptkb:Low_Bridge,_Everybody_Down
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Genesee_River
gptkb:Mohawk_River
gptkb:Seneca_River
gptkb:Oneida_Lake
gptkbp:engineeredFor gptkb:Benjamin_Wright
gptkb:Canvass_White
gptkb:James_Geddes
gptkbp:expansion 1835
1862
1918
gptkbp:featuredIn American history textbooks
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:New_York_State_Canal_Corporation
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Erie_Canal_Museum_(Syracuse,_NY)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance facilitated westward expansion
boosted New York City economy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Erie Canal
gptkbp:influenced other canal projects in the US
gptkbp:length 363 miles
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:maximumBoatHeight 15.5 feet
gptkbp:maximumBoatWidth 43.5 feet
gptkbp:maximumVesselLength 12 feet
300 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lake_Erie
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Clinton's_Ditch
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Albany
gptkb:Buffalo
gptkb:Rochester
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkbp:numberOfLocks currently 36
originally 83
gptkbp:opened 1825
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_York_State_Canal_System
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:transportation
recreation
tourism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Songbag
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6