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The canal was not complete in 1825, however. Many years after opening, people decided the canal needed to be a bit wider and larger. People wanted to connect more waterways to the Erie Canal in order to get full use out of the canal system. So, between 1836 and 1862 the Erie Canal was made wider and was connected to other canals.
In 1836 an enlargement program commenced on the main Erie Canal system. The canal was straightened a bit, the channel was increased in size to 7â² x 70â², and the locks were enlarged to 18â² x 110â². This permitted boats of much greater size on the Erie, Champlain, Cayuga-Seneca and Oswego canals, and further diminished the importance of the smaller lateral canal.