The Erie canal(运河) was the first important national waterway

The Erie canal(运河) was the first important national waterway built in the US.It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west,and materials could pour into the east.The Erie canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York.It cost $ 7 143 789,but it soon gained its price many times over.Between 1825,when the canal was opened,and 1882,when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped,the state collected $ 121 461 891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built,people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton.Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”.Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal,but they were unsuccessful.
Clinton became governor of New York in 1817,and shortly afterwards,on July 4 1817,broke ground for the canal in Rome,N.Y.The first part of the canal was completed in 1820.As the canal grew,towns along its course developed fast.The length of the canal is 363 miles.
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伊利运河是第一个重要的国家航道建在美国.穿越纽约布法罗伊利湖边上特洛伊奥尔巴尼经哈得逊河.它参加了五大湖和大西洋.这条运河担任过路线,工业产品可能流入西、材料可以涌入东方.伊利运河帮助了洋基发展成为全国最大的城市.


建造这条运河是全部由支付纽约州的.它值$ 7 143 789,但很快就取得了它的价格多倍.1825年之间,当这条运河是开了,1882年,当人数指控是停止,国家121美元收集了4.61 891.


一百万年以前的伊利建成了,人被谈论运河可以加入大湖和大西洋.计划的人伊利运河并把那个计划通过在德德威特克林顿.那些恨运河戏称之为“克林顿的沟”.克林顿没有说话,写了一篇关于运河,并制造了计划.他和州长莫里斯去了华盛顿在1812年寻求帮助的运河,但他们是不成功的.


克林顿成了纽约州州长在1817年,不久,7月4日1817年,打破了地在罗马:运河与运河的第一部分已于1820年发明的.了运河长了,城镇迅速发展沿着它的课程.管的长度363名英里