Скачать или смотреть Happy 200th Birthday to the Erie Canal!

2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 and New York State has a huge part planned. On this episode of the podcast, we speak with state officials and local partners to discuss this momentous birthday celebration and the importance of the Canal System today and into the future.

Interviewees: William J. Hochul Jr., First Gentleman of the State of New York and co-chair of the [New York State Erie Canal Bicentennial Commission](https://www.canals.ny.gov/News/2024/E..., [Brian U. Stratton](https://www.canals.ny.gov/About/Publi..., Director of the [New York State Canal Corporation](https://www.canals.ny.gov/) and co-chair of the New York State Erie Canal Bicentennial Commission, and Derrick Pratt, Director of Education and Public Programs at the [Erie Canal Museum](https://eriecanalmuseum.org/).

For a deeper dive into the history of the Erie Canal, check out episode 3 of A New York Minute in History called [“Erie Canal: Compressing Time and Distance.”](https://wamcpodcasts.org/a-new-york-m...)

Marker of Focus: [Old Erie Canal](https://www.wgpfoundation.org/histori..., Onondaga County.

Image Courtesy of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation

Transporting Grains on the Erie Canal, late 19th century, courtesy of the New York State Museum

Courtesy of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor

The Seneca Chief, Image Courtesy of the Buffalo Maritime Center

Upcoming Bicentennial Events:

New York State Canal Corporation [Bicentennial Website](https://www.canals.ny.gov/Bicentennial)

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor [Bicentennial Website](https://eriecanalway.org/bicentennial)

[2025 World Canals Conference](https://wcc2025buffalo.com/), Buffalo, NY September 21-25

Buffalo Maritime Center: [The Bicentennial Voyage of the Seneca Chief](https://buffalomaritimecenter.org/bic...)

Albany Symphony Orchestra: [2025 American Music Festival Water Music NY: More Voices](https://www.albanysymphony.com/2025-wmny)

Further Reading/Viewing:

Carol Sheriff, [The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress](https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Riv..., 1997.

Brad Utter, Ashley Hopkins-Benton and Karen Quinn, [Enterprising Waters: The History and Art of New York’s Erie Canal](https://www.amazon.com/Enterprising-W..., 2020.

Laurence M. Hauptman, [Conspiracy of Interests: Iroquois Dispossession and the Rise of New York State](https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Int..., 2001.

WMHT: [Reflections on the Erie Canal](https://www.wmht.org/eriecanal/)

Educational Resources:

Consider the Source New York: [Erie Canal](https://considerthesourceny.org/brows...)

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: [Teacher Resources](https://eriecanalway.org/learn/teache...)

Erie Canal Museum: [Educational Resources for School and Home](https://eriecanalmuseum.org/education...)

Buffalo Maritime Center:

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Lauren:

On this month's episode, we're focusing on the 200th anniversary of the completion and opening of the Erie Canal. Now there are several historic markers that relate to the incredibly important history of the Erie Canal all across New York state. As an example, there's a marker located in the hamlet of Memphis, which is outside of Syracuse in Onondaga County. Although you may not have heard of this Memphis, it does have a particular claim to fame. It's located on Bennett's corners road, and the text reads, old Erie Canal, formerly called Canton Memphis, was halfway stop on original canal route, 179

miles from Buffa