Historical clue formulations

• Waterway whose construction began in Rome — 2017-07-21
• Albany-to-Buffalo waterway — 2015-01-26
• Construction project that began in Rome — 2013-07-26
• The Seneca Chief was the first to travel its full length — 2011-12-24
• Early 19th-century engineering marvel — 2010-12-10
• Construction with many locks — 2009-08-28
• Work on it began in Rome in 1817 — 2008-05-10
• The Seneca Chief was the first vessel to travel its entire length — 2003-01-04
• It opened in 1825 — 1998-08-08
• Clinton supported it — 1998-05-29
• Clinton accomplishment — 1996-06-07