Built between 1817 & 1825, it was 363 miles long 40 feet wide on top & 4 feet deep
... a section several miles long of hard rock between Lockport and Pendleton ... 
the entire length of the Erie Canal, 90 feet long, 15 feet wide, and four feet deep,
... [DOC] [TLE] Erie Canal opens - Oct 26, 1825 - HISTORY.com [PAR] By 1817, he had convinced the legislature to authorize the expenditure of $7 
million for the construction of a canal that he proposed would be 363 miles long, 
40... [DOC] [TLE] Erie Canal - Tripod [PAR] Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the United States.