November 4

On the 4th in 1825, the Erie Canal was officially completed. New York’s Governor DeWitt Clinton officiated at the Wedding of the Waters ceremony during which he poured water from Lake Erie in to the water of New York Harbor. It is interesting that they chose to hold a wedding ceremony because the Erie Canal can’t really be said to be straight.

The canal is 363 miles from beginning to end and its maximum depth is only four feet.