SUNY Polytechnic Professor Andy Wolfe is leading the excavation at a site between the Central Warehouse and I-787. SUNY Polytechnic Civil Engineering Professor Andy Wolfe first dug up the north end of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) —A piece of Albany’s history hidden underground for nearly 100 years was uncovered on Thursday. Archaeologists are excavating the original Erie Canal Lock 1, the starting point ...

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. — A body found in the canal in the Town of Tonawanda is tied to a search that started in the canal in North Tonawanda. Town of Tonawanda Police launched an investigation after ...

MASSILLON – A trio of city locations are open this week as cooling stations for anyone who needs some time to chill. The city announced the cool-down spots on its Facebook page on the evening of June ...

An unexplained mechanical problem caused the state Canal Corporation to close the so-called Waterford Flight system of locks for the weekend The series of Erie Canal locks in Waterford were expected ...

The Democrat and Chronicle, part of the USA TODAY Network, is publishing in America’s 250 th anniversary year a history-oriented book titled "The Canal That Changed America," a commemorative book ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Smith, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, ...

The notion of building the longest canal in the world, by a nation low on skills and limited resources was considered ridiculous by many. The United States had no engineering school in the early 1800s ...

The Erie Canal was conceived in 1817 to transport goods from the Atlantic Ocean, up the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes. Constructed by laymen — not an engineer among them — the 8-year-long ...

More than 200 years ago, the Erie Canal opened the way for westward expansion in New York State. Today, the historical marvel is known as a major tourist destination and recreational resource. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man died after he jumped into the Erie Canal in an attempt to evade police in Tonawanda early Thursday morning. Police attempted to pull over a car just after 1:10 a.m.

CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — City of Tonawanda police announced a man has died after he jumped into the Erie Canal during a police pursuit. Police said just before 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, an ...