Reflections on the Erie Canal is available to stream on pbs.org ... There was no civil engineering school in America at the time. - There was West Point, there was Norwich Academy, but those ...

The Canal's strategic importance is undisputed. It allows for the rapid deployment of the U.S. Navy from one ocean to another, drastically reducing travel time and bolstering America's ability to ...

By pushing Panama’s president for one concession after the next, Trump is weakening a government closely aligned with the ...

"The Erie Canal ensured the status of New York City as America's premier seaport, commercial center, and gateway to the interior — eclipsing New Orleans, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore ...

The Erie Canal, America’s 19th century engineering marvel, and the promise of a new nation The Erie Canal, one of the earliest transcendent tales of the American experience and an endeavor first ...

REUTERS But he’s not kidding when it comes to Greenland and the canal as part of his America-first strategy to counter China and Russia, sources said. “The president is 100% serious,” a ...

Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of military force to retake the canal has angered leaders in Latin America, wary of Washington’s checkered history of military occupation and CIA overthrows ...

The canal isn’t the only critical passageway ... hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way north from South America to the US. Mulino had promised to close the gap to northbound migrants ...

Panama’s version included a line about its sovereignty over the canal; America’s didn’t, though it discussed working through Panama’s constitution, which affirms authority over the canal ...