Entrepreneur Jesse Hawley pressed for the creation of this structure.
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}