Works Cited Primary Sources "Article 4." New York Daily Times [New York] 18 Nov. 1851: 1.

America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. This small section of newspaper lists many of the amazing logistics of the Erie Canal. It shows the the glorification of the canal and how people were still stunned by its success. Although this was written mostly concerning expansions of the canal, it frequently references the original Erie Canal, and how it set the stage for New York's canal age. Baes, Emil. "Canal Improvements Needed." New York Times [New York] 7 Jan. 1900: America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 19 Feb. 2013. This excerpt of the New York Times demonstrates the influence the canal had on trade well after its completion. It talks about the price of grain depending on the effectiveness of the canal and money that other countries had spent on similar canals in comparison. "The Big Ditch." New York Statesman [Albany] 20 June 1820: America's. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. This poem provides a view into the average train of thought in people's minds at the time of the canal building. Canal Celebration. 1825. New York State Archives. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.archives.nysed.gov>. This pamphlet advertises the opening of the Erie Canal. It includes an invitation to a public dinner and advises all the readers to illuminate their houses. It shows the celebration that the canal brought and the effect it had on the community. "The Canal Issue." New York Daily Times [New York] 30 Sept. 1851: 2. America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 20 Dec. 2012.

This is a newspaper article on the politics of the Canal and its expansion. It includes where the funding will come from, elections, and other political issues surrounding the canal and its expansion at the time. Durand, Asher Brown. DeWitt Clinton. eLibrary. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. This is an engraving of Dewitt Clinton. Erich Hartmann. USA. NYC. 1967. Erie Canal. (NYC40162). Magnum Photos. 01 Jan. 1967. eLibrary. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. This shows a beautiful picture of the modern canal lock system and the environment around them. The Erie Canal Aqueduct Looking West. Rochester Library. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/4therieaqu.html>. This image of the canal shows the genius of the aqueducts through cities and how effective it became for factories to ship goods by the canal. "Erie Canal at Lockport, New York." The Civil War. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 2010. American Journey. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. This image displays the Erie Canal at Lockport. "Erie Canal at Lockport, New York." Gale US History In context. 2010. Web. 28 Dec. 2012. Photo from New York. Useful for the banner of my website Evolution of Boats Used on the Erie Canal 1825-1899. Photograph. <http://www.eriecanal.org>. This image shows the enlargement of boats used in the Erie Canal over time. Harvey, George. Pittsford on the Erie Canal. 1837. Illustration. Memorial Art Gallery of the U of Rochester.

This illustration gives an accurate portrayal of the use of mules and horses to pull boats through sections of the canal. "Hawthorne traveled the Erie Canal in a horse-drawn packet boat, like those shown here." Development of the Industrial U.S. Reference Library. Ed. Sonia G. Benson, Jennifer York Stock, and Carol Brennan. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2006. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. This is an image of the canal while being drawn by horses. It shows the way that animals were used to move boats up and down the canal. "Machinery Used to Clear Trees." New-England Palladium [Boston] 19 Feb. 1819: America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. This article exert describes the success that New York workers were having with inventing devices to ease the work of clearing woods for the Great Canal. It expounds on the workings of one such invention and how it is able to fell great trees with the strength of one man. Miller, William Rickarby. Erie Canal at Erie Falls New York. eLibrary. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. This is a great work of art that glorifies the Erie Canal. Nye, Pearl. Cross-section of Ohio and Erie Canal. Library of Congress. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://memory.loc.gov>. This image shows the plans of the canal, with specifications of the building measurements. Public Advertiser [Albany] 29 Feb. 1808. America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. This article covers the early approval on New York's canal project. It addresses the use of excess money and the role government should play in transportation. This demonstrates the connection to the national transportation revolution of which the canal was a part

. "Public Documents Relating to the New York Canals." Review, prod. Robert Troup. North American Review 14.34 (1822): 230-51. JSTOR. Web. 5 Feb. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25109114>. This source has information about the steps leading up to the creation of the canal, and the impact that building it had on New York before its completion. Robert Cross. The Ohio & Erie Canal flows through a lock that once eased boats down the waterway from Akron to Cleveland beside the Court House Visitor Center in Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.. Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. 17 Jun. 2002. eLibrary. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. This image portrays the canal in the 21st century. It shows that it is still in working condition and maintained. Rulison, Larry. "Cruise Boat to make its Maiden Voyage." Times Union. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. This is a modern image shows the cruise boat that gives tours of the historic Erie Canal. "Surveying the Canal." Albany Advertiser [Albany] 24 Aug. 1816: America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. This article tells about Dewitt Clinton and Samuel Young exploring the potential route of the Erie Canal. It was published before approval was given on the construction of the canal which shows how the canal was news worthy even before its construction. Table of the New Rates of Toll on the Erie Canal. Table. 1846. American Memory. Web. 18 Jan. 2013.

This chart provides information on rates and tolls on the Erie Canal. It helps to put the economics of the canal into a more simple perspective in regards to day to day dealings within New York. "Topics of the Day." New York Daily Times [New York] 26 Sept. 1851: America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. This article talks about the expansion of the canal and the debates concerning funding and other issues. W, A. R. Opening of the Erie Canal. 1825. Illustration. This is an image of the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. Whitford, Noble. "History of the Canal System of the State of New York." History of the Canal System of the State of New York. Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1906. 1037-107. JSTOR. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. This book provides many primary source diagrams of the canal. They include charts of depth, expansions, and width at many different areas.

Secondary Sources The Reform Era and Eastern U. S. Development, 1815-1850. Detroit: 1997. 111-13. Vol. 5 of The Erie Canal. Rpt. in American Eras. Gale U.S. History in Context. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com>. This was a good overview on some of the politics and effects of the Erie Canal. It shows the way that the Erie Canal affected New York and how many different forces were at play to make the Erie Canal a reality.

Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30 1915. Albany: J. B. Lyon, 1916. The Erie Canal. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <http://www.eriecanal.org>. This report provides images and details of the canal during the building process. Although the report is post construction, it serves as a useful source due to its primary source images. Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1911. Albany: Argus Company, 1911. Erie Canal. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <http://www.eriecanal.org/Lockport-1.html>. This report provides pictures of the construction of the canal at Lockport. These images show the hardship of the construction and displays the materials that they used to break the rock around the canal. "Erie Canal." U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah Hermsen. Vol. 3. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 515-519. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. This source gives an overview of the Great Canal and the challenge that building it was. "The Erie Canal: A Brief History." New York State Canals. New York State, Web. 15 Feb. 2013. This site provided me amazing background information on pre-canal politics and the task of passing legislation to approve the Great Canal. The Erie Canal, a Journey through History. E Podunk, Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/start.html>. This site provides an interactive tour of the canal, along with examples of music and other influences that the Canal had on New York. It also contains panoramas that I link to in various places throughout the website.

Filante, Ronald W. "A Note on the Economic Viability of the Erie Canal, 1825-1860." Business History Review 48.1 (1974): 95-102. JSTOR. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. This publication of the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College provides in depth details on the economic impact of the canal after its completion. Hanyan, Craig R. "China and the Erie Canal." Review. Business History Review. Vol. 35. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1961. 558-66. JSTOR. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3111758>. This excerpt describes the link between the Erie Canal and China's waterways. It shows how the Erie Canal was influenced by the success of China's transportation and how the Erie Canal borrowed technology and techniques from ancient Chinese transportation methods. Held, James E. "The Canal Age." Archive Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America, Web. 10 Jan. 2013. This site provides insight on the overall impact of canals on american transportation and business. Inland Navigation Connecting the New Republic. American Studies at the U of Virginia, Web. 12 Feb. 2013. This site provides in-depth information about the canal workers and life while working on the canal. It was helpful in providing the nationalities and pay of the workers. Koeppel, Gerard T. Bond of Union. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2009. Print. This is a wonderful source that contains a vast amount of information on every aspect of the canal. It has data on the logistics of the canal from its conception to its expansion into the 20th century.

Kolodin, Irving, and Francis D. Perkins, eds. Oxford Music Online. Oxford, Web. 14 Feb. 2013. <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com>. This entry describes the effect that the Erie Canal had on New York's identity. The canal's success enabled New York to develop in a variety of ways from music to a leading immigration center. It shows that the influence of the canal was truly a turning point in New York's history. Levy, Janey. The Erie Canal; A Primary Source History of the Canal that Changed America. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2003. Print. This book contains a great collection of primary sources and a narrative on their importance. Modern Marvels. Screenplay by Bruce Nash. Perf. Lloyd Sherr. History Channel, 2000. Film. This documentary of the Erie Canal provided visuals and narration that gave me new information on the mechanical and political workings of the Erie Canal. Low Bridge Everybody Down/Erie Canal Song. By Lee Murdock. Itunes. Apple, Web. 21 Feb. 2013. This song by Lee Murdock represents the many songs that were written about the Erie Canal. It serves to highlight the influence the canal had on music, folklore, and the lives of those by the canal. "Notes on the Erie Canal." Bulletin of the Business Historical Society 6.5 (1932): 6-13. JSTOR. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3111118>. Published by The President and Fellows of Harvard College, this is a great journal entry on the Erie Canal with a ton of great historical impact and background information.

Renwick, Martin G. "The Ohio River-Lake Erie Canal." Journal of Land & Public Utility Economics 15.2 (1939): 167-83. JSTOR. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3158126>. This source describes how the Erie Canal influenced and aided the construction of canals well after its initial completion. This journal states specifications of canals and how these canals drew from the experience of the Erie Canal, along with how the Erie Canal's economic success allowed and persuaded the american government to invest in canal building. Rosenwaike, Ira. The Population History of New York City. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 1972. Google Books. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. This book provided me with charts and information on how the Erie Canal influenced the growth of New York. Sheriff, Carol. "Erie Canal." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 251-253. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. This source provides an overview of the canal's history, construction, and legacy. United States. Bureau of Railway Economics. The Cost of Transportation on the Erie Canal and by Rail. Internet Archive. Web. 8 Feb. 2013. <http://archive.org/details/costoftransporta00burerich>. This source provides exact costs of building the canal and upkeep up to 1905. It also compares these prices with railroad costs at the time. It also shows the amount and type of materials that were traded along the canal and its influence on the communities surrounding the canal.