Albany: Canal Boundaries Named
August 25, 2007 at 8:41 pm Leave a comment
Ending a dispute over the location of the ends of the Erie Canal, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said yesterday that Albany and Buffalo are the official eastern and western ends of the historic waterway. Supporters believe the designation will help develop the areas, particularly Buffalo’s inner harbor. When the canal was built in 1825 it stretched 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo; an expansion in 1905, which allowed the passage of larger vessels, moved the navigable ends to the Hudson River in Waterford and the Niagara River in Tonawanda.
The Associated Press
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