For 10 points, name this man-made waterway championed by DeWitt Clinton and opened in 1825, which runs from Albany to Buffalo.
Entrepreneur Jesse Hawley pressed for the creation of this structure. The Seneca Chief made the first end-to-end trip on this landmark. Its western end is the "Commercial Slip". This project across the Mohawk Valley was approved in 1817 at a cost of seven million dollars. It originally had (*) 83 locks. It was the first navigable water route between the Midwest and the Eastern seaboard. For 10 points, name this man-made waterway championed by DeWitt Clinton and opened in 1825, which runs from Albany to Buffalo.
Entrepreneur Jesse Hawley pressed for the creation of this structure.
{Erie Canal}