July 29th ... today we viewed the falls from below by taking an elevator down the equivelant of 17 floors ... we also drove over to Lockport to check out the Erie Canal ... starting tomorrow our bike route will take us on the tow path of the canal from Lockport to Albany for more than 350 miles. We should arrive in Albany on Monday. A bit of history about the canal: It was built between 1817 and 1825 to connect the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes. The 363 mile long canal was dug by hand and over a thousand men lost their lives in the process. The rise from the Hudson to the Niagara River is over 550 feet. Originally 83 locks were used to raise and lower boats.
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