Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. The one-hour documentary ...

Mayor John Lombardi III recognized Lockport film-maker Paul Lamont and local leaders who supported the production of the documentary “America’s Stairway” with a proclamation at city hall. The ...

The theater premier of "America’s Stairway," the Erie Canal documentary film about Lockport’s Flight of Five, has sold out, according to David Kinyon, chairman of the Lockport Locks Heritage District.

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

The creation of the Erie Canal will be the subject of a new documentary being screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Samuel Center for Canal History, 38 Rochester St., Port Byron.

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

ROME, N.Y. — The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

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Heidi Truschel-Light , Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. Mayor John Lombardi III recognized Lockport film-maker Paul Lamont and local leaders who supported the production of the documentary ...