For 10 points, name this canal completed in 1825 that connects the Hudson River to a namesake Great Lake.
One company that attempted to create this structure was led by Philip Schuyler and named for the Western Inland. The chief engineer of this structure worked with a group of self-taught workers. That chief engineer of this structure built off of the Mohawk River was Benjamin Wright. This structure was nicknamed (*) "Clinton's Big Ditch" after the man who promoted its construction, New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. For 10 points, name this canal completed in 1825 that connects the Hudson River to a namesake Great Lake.
One company that attempted to create this structure was led by Philip Schuyler and named for the Western Inland.
Erie Canal