James Eights 1823 ink, wash, pencil on paper. Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal ...

With this year being the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal, volunteers will have opportunities to help the ...

Key figures in the Erie Canal story also founded the first civil engineering institute in the US. In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of ...

Thousands of volunteers across New York State will be out helping to clean debris and litter ahead of Earth Day.