James Eights 1823 ink, wash, pencil on paper. Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal ...

A dip in a city street is one of the last reminders of a canal that cut a path through Erie's downtown for several decades in the mid-1800s. During its brief life span, the Erie Extension Canal ...