Erie Canal Research Paper

Transportation in northern parts of America was a dangerous, long and hard labor until the Erie canal came and made life a lot easier. The Erie canal was made in 1817 and finished in 1825, it cost over seven million dollars for the 363 mile long waterway. Was the canal better than the roads or was it consider obsolete or inferior to the roads? The roads are more expensive, require more mules or horses to pull and overall takes longer. The canal is cheaper, faster and safer than the roads but its biggest contribution to history was that it provided a place for abolition conventions to take place and also created the second awakening in America. It took shorter time to deliver the goods to its destination. "It takes 9-12 days to deliver goods while road takes longer.''(The journal of Thomas s . Woodcock, edited by Deoch Fulton). The road is longer and …show more content…
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