ONCE UPON THE ERIE CANAL ERIE CANAL CONSTRUCTION & HISTORY DOCUMENTARY MD52004

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Directed by Elton Robertson and produced by students at Syracuse University, this brief history of the Erie Canal draws on historical photographs, art and etchings to tell its story. It was made for the Canal Museum of Syracuse, now known as the Erie Canal Museum. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http