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Speech of Hon. Mark D. Wilber, in the Senate of Michigan, March 26, 1873, advocating the construction of the ship canal. ...
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%2...
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- Part Five Great Canals of the World
The Suez Canal is usually considered the most important example of ship canals, though the number of vessels passing through it annually does not equal that passing through the canals connecting Lake Superior with the chain of Great Lakes at the sout ...
http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/part5.htm
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- The Story of the Panama Canal
Compilation film revealing the story of the Panama Canal construction. From the Roosevelt film library. ...
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(trmp+4...
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- D & H Canal Historical Soceity
This painting features a lively scene of the D&H Canal operations in Ellenville. While residents look on, the locktender in the lower right hand corner announces the oncoming barge, while operating the lock from his gearhouse. To the left of the Ca ...
http://www.canalmuseum.org/
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| | - Facts and Observations
ON the completion of the Erie Canal, the question appears to be revived, as to the author of this magnificent project: an attempt will therefore be made to investigate the subject by a plain statement of facts, to give the credit of the design to the ...
http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/rutherford/fact1825.htm
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- Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a ship canal which joins the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific ocean. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and trea ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
| | - Duke of Bridgewater
The underground canals at Worsley have long been of interest to large numbers of people who are interested in coal mines, canals or anything underground The Worsley Underground Canals cover all these topics and much more. The only visible sign of the ...
http://www.d.lane.btinternet.co.uk/canal.html
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- The Eriecanal
The Erie Canal is famous in song and story. Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. An engineering marvel when it was built, some called it the Eighth Wonder of the ...
http://www.eriecanal.org/
| | - The American Canal Society
The American Canal Society is dedicated to Historic Canal Research, Preservation, Restoration, and Parks. The society was formed in 1972 to promote the wise use of Americas many historic canal resources through research, preservation, restoration, ...
http://www.americancanals.org/
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