In what way did the building of canals, like the Erie Canal, prove vital to the growing industrial revolution in the United States?

a( by providing routes to inland waterways, linking agricultural centers to
industrial centers, and reducing transport time for raw materials to
inland factories

b( by providing a means into the interior of the country and linking
US industrial centers with Canadian export hubs

c( by linking centers of trade and production, providing a quicker route to
transport goods, and creating the ability to transport heavier loads on
barges

d( by linking roadways to major industrial centers and reducing the
amount of time to export raw materials to foreign ports