[DOC] [TLE] The Erie Canal [PAR] What's new on The Erie Canal web site? ... Finally, on July 4, 1817, ground was 
broken for the construction of the canal. ... park that preserves the remains of the 
historic Enlarged Erie Canal from DeWitt to Rome. ... For information about the 
Erie Canal of today, visit the official New York State Canal Corporation web site. [DOC] [TLE] The Original Big Dig  Beekman1802.com [PAR] Native Americans used the waterways of the Northeast for travel and trade long ... 
Federal funds fell through, but the New York State legislature, with the ... 
Construction began on July 4th, 1817. ... The Old Erie Canal State Historic Park 
comprises a 36-mile trail from Rome, NY, where ground was first broken in 1817, 
to the... [DOC] [TLE] Press Release - New York State Canals [PAR] Apr 22, 2015 ... Ground was broken for the transformative waterway in Rome on July 4, 1817, 
and the Canal opened on October 26, 1825. The Erie Canal... [DOC] [TLE] Tour boats take visitors on cruises into canal's past [PAR] Aug 24, 1997 ... DeWitt Clinton broke ground for the canal on July 4, 1817; the Erie .... of 
waterway at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, N.Y. Many New York... [DOC] [TLE] The Erie Canal Passed This Way | American History Lives at ... [PAR] His pet scheme was an incline plane, a waterway without locks, sloping gently 
... The War of i8ia intervened, but in March of 1817 the New York legislature at 
last ... ground was broken on July 4, 1817, at Rome, at the head of the Mohawk. [DOC] [TLE] Erie Canal Long Timeline - Camillus Erie Canal Park [PAR] Governor George Clinton urged the New York State Legislature to improve ... 
waterway to link the east with western lands to provide men and supplies in time 
of war ... In Rome on July 4, 1817, ground was broken for the start of the Erie 
Canal. [DOC] [TLE] Horse-drawn packet boat cruises into Erie's past | chronicle.augusta ... [PAR] Aug 25, 1997 ... SYLVAN BEACH, N.Y.  If you've never navigated on the Erie Canal, the time is 
right. Sites along the early 19th century waterway, a lifeline for commerce frayed 
in the ... DeWitt Clinton broke ground for the canal on July 4, 1817; the Erie Canal 
... Just like earlier times, the boat, the Chief Engineer of Rome,... [DOC] [TLE] The Majestic Riverscapes - The Hudson River Valley Institute [PAR] Ground broke on July 4, 1817 in Rome, New York even though President James 
... the New York State Barge Canal was built with more natural waterways but. [DOC] [TLE] Erie Canal - Tripod [PAR] Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the United States. It 
crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Troy and Albany on the Hudson ... 
and shortly afterward, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y.,
... [DOC] [TLE] HomeCountry: CLINTON'S FOLLY The "Big Dig" That Changed ... [PAR] Nov 15, 2010 ... In 1817, there were no civil engineers in the United States and no School ... 
Canal, and who saw work begin at Rome, New York on July 4th, 1817. ... the 
inventiveness which broke new ground in defeating obstacle after obstacle. ... of 
the canal were often connected to nearby waterways to support logistics. [DOC] [TLE] Oswego County Promotion and Tourism [PAR] Today the Oswego River is part of the New York State Barge Canal, and is used 
... through the Utica-Rome Canal, west on Wood Creek, across Oneida Lake, 
west ... On July 4, 1817, ground was broken and work on the Erie Canal began. ... 
River wanted to make sure that it remained an important and well-used waterway
. [DOC] [TLE] The Erie Canal, 1825-1918. - Schenectady County, New York ... [PAR] This is true in spite of the fact of the greater waterways of later years  the Suez 
and .... Ground was broken at Rome, July 4, 1817, in the

Question: Ground was broken for this waterway on July 4, 1817 at Rome, New York
Answer: Erie Canal