Credits
Media Credits:
Included media from New York State Archives, New York State Archives Partnership Trust.
Video from Erie: The Canal that Made America, a WCNY documentary.
Produced by WCNY.
©2018 WCNY. All Rights Reserved.
Production Credits
Project Management: Debbie Stack, WCNY Director, Interactive Education & Community Engagement
Writer and advisor: Peter Sterpe, Social Studies Teacher, Syracuse City School District
Project Advisors
Anna Brooks, WGBH Education
Ted Sicker, WGBH Education
Dr. Mary Matthews, former Curriculum Coordinator for Language Arts in the Brookline, Massachusetts Public Schools
Funding
Funding for this project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Page 01: Introduction to the Erie Canal
WCNY Credits go here; © 2018 WCNY. All Rights Reserved.
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Page 02: Richmond Aqueduct
WCNY Image: Historic Richmond Aqueduct © 2018 WCNY. All Rights Reserved.
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Page 03: View of the Boats
"A View of the Boats and manner of navigating on the Mohawk River prior to the building of the Erie Canal" New York State Library
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Page 04: Picture of canal lock construction plans
"Picture of canal lock construction plans" NYS Archives
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Page 05: Stripping of the Land
"Photograph of cleared land, 1906" NYS Archives
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Page 06: Success and Expansion
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Page 07: National Impact
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Page 08: Canal Photograph
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Page 10: Modern Canal
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