ERIE CANAL

the largest in the United States, serving to connect the great lakes with the sea. It begins at. Buffalo on Lake rie, and extends to the Hudson at Albany. It is 340 miles. Jong; has in all 72 locks; a surface width 70 feet, bottom width 42 feet, and depth 9 feet. It is carried over several large streams on _ stone aqueducts; cost nearly £2,000,000,, and was opened in 1825. The navigation is free.