The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie. The state where this canal flows is New York.
There are constructions and adaptation that changes the life of cities. The Erie Canal is an important waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the state of New York. It opened in 1825 and its 363-mile distance is considered to be a monumental work of engineering by the time it was constructed. The canal represented a "boost" in the transportation industry and economic status of this region of the country. So important that the US Congress named it as "National Heritage Corridor."
The Louisiana Purchase changed the US because it doubled the size of the then US. Thomas Jefferson was eager for Lewis and Clark to explore the West because he wanted to find new places for the colonist to live and people to settle there before anyone else did.