"Impossible!" At first, folks didn't believe that a canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes could ever be built. But after the Erie Canal was completed in 1825, folks proclaimed it "Amazing!"
Beginning with the groundbreaking ceremony on the Fourth of July in 1817, Cheryl Harness explains the canal's construction and workings in terms kids will understand. She then takes readers along on a triumphant journey down American's first superhighway!
