The first canal boats arrived in Pittsburgh on Nov. 10 of that year. During the first year of its operation, the canal carried 20,000 passengers and 50,000 tons of freight.

The canal had 71 locks fed by 25 dams over about 58 miles. Most boats carried 60 tons of coal, though larger ones could accommodate 100 or more tons, and took several days to reach Philadelphia.; ...

There's nothing more tranquil than finding a nice canalside pub for a cold drink on a sunny days as the narrowboats slowly ...

A 10-minute walk away, don't miss the Erie Canal Museum, which is housed in the historic Syracuse Weighlock, a mid-1800s Greek Revival structure where canal boats were once weighed and charged ...

Welcome to the Georgetown Heritage, an 80-foot-long tour vessel launched last year and the first boat to carry visitors through Georgetown’s stretch of the C&O Canal for more than a decade. Over ...

The waterway eventually became the famed Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and by the mid 1800s, its mule-drawn canal boats hauled great tonnages of freight between Washington and Cumberland, Md.

Nov. 18—Historian Ronald Halackna said canals helped greatly increase the population of New Castle in the 1800s, going from 611 people in 1838 to 6,000 by 1871. One of these canals was The Erie ...

In the 1700 and 1800s, ... until you could get on a boat or escape down the river," she says. ... as well as historic sites like the Roanoke Canal Museum and 1800s jail that are open to the public.

The pub's name is a nod to the fly boats that used to travel down this section of the canal in the 1800s and early 1900s as the "express" service on the waterways.

Nov. 18—Historian Ronald Halackna said canals helped greatly increase the population of New Castle in the 1800s, going from 611 people in 1838 to 6,000 by 1871. One of these canals was The Erie ...