The Dady Brothers made an album for the 175th anniversary of the Erie Canal that has most of the songs mentioned in this thread on it - as distinct songs.

http://www.dadybros.com/dady5.html

Tonowanda Too (mentioned above as Buffalo to Troy: "tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, and tighten up the line...")

The Er-i-e (aka The Er-i-e Was A-Rising or The Er-i-e Canal: "Oh the Er-i-e was rising, and the gin was getting low...")

The Erie Canal Song/Low Bridge, Everybody Down (aka the Erie Canal Song: "Got a mule and her name is Sal..."

Oh, That Low Bridge (here as Oh! Dat Low Bridge!: "It's many miles to Buffalo, O dat low bridge!...")

Don't have the liner notes on me to see who they're all attributed to...

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