Reflections on the Erie Canal is available to stream on pbs.org ... The forerunner of the modern wheelbarrow was invented. The laborers were locals. Eventually Irish immigrants would fill out ...

Tobias Boland was an Irish immigrant — by way of the Erie Canal ... The digging of the canal, with spades, shovels and wheelbarrows, required many hands. The 45-mile link beteen Worcester ...

Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation (CHN) recently kicked off the year-long Erie Canal Bicentennial by announcing a ...