Erie Canal Vocabulary

toll

• money a person must pay to cross a road or a bridge

• to change an object into something difference

• an interconnected system of roads or paths

• does what it is supposed to

transform

• money a person must pay to cross a road or a bridge

• to change an object into something difference

• an interconnected system of roads or paths

• does what it is supposed to

transportation

• money a person must pay to cross a road or a bridge

• to change an object into something difference

• an interconnected system of roads or paths

• moving people or things to different places

canal

• money a person must pay to cross a road or a bridge

• a long manmade waterway on which boats or ships can travel

• an interconnected system of roads or paths

• moving people or things to different places

construction

• to keep something in good condition

• to organize other people to do something complex together

• designing and building machines or large structures

• the act of building something

coordinate

• to keep something in good condition

• to organize other people to do something complex together

• designing and building machines or large structures

• the act of building something

contractor

• a person who signs a contract to do a specific job

• to organize other people to do something complex together

• designing and building machines or large structures

• something that makes life easier or reduces work

convenience

• a person who signs a contract to do a specific job

• to organize other people to do something complex together

• designing and building machines or large structures

• something that makes life easier or reduces work

engineering

• a person who signs a contract to do a specific job

• to organize other people to do something complex together

• designing and building machines or large structures

• something that makes life easier or reduces work

freight

• a person who signs a contract to do a specific job

• goods that are carried by trucks, airplanes or ships

• designing and building machines or large structures

• something that makes life easier or reduces work