Canals Flashcards
when was the eerie canal built
1825
what did the eerie Canal provide travel between
New York city to the mid west
what did the eerie canal lead to
triggering large scale commercial and agriculture development as well as immigration to sparsely populate frontiers of the west - New York Ohio Indiana Michigan
who constructed the eerie canal
work of govenor DeWitt Clinton, New York
how long was the eerie canal
363 miles long
what did the eerie canal do to freight costs
reduced them from 19 cents per ton/mile to 2 cents
what did the eerie canal reduce travel time for
20 to 8 days
by 1840 how many miles of canals were financed by state government
3326 miles
other examples of canals built
the Panama Canal in 1914
how many steamboats were on the Mississippi River
rose from 1817 17 to 361 to 1836
