Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier
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The northern terminus of China's Grand Canal is located in this ...  25 jun. 2016 ... video icon  Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier # Quiz # Question. 0:29. Amazing Videos. No views...
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Completed in 1869, it has also been known by its nickname the ...  Jun 26, 2016 ... video icon  Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier # Quiz # Question. 0:29. Amazing Videos. No views...
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Monkland Canal - Wikipedia  The Monkland Canal was a 12 14-mile-long (19.7 km) canal designed to bring coal from the ... In the second and third decades of the nineteenth century, technical ... A branch canal called Dixon's Cut was later built from the basin southwards to ... Onwards from Blair Bridge the canal is open again; the route here arcs...
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by the canal - Preservation Worcester  Download the By the Canal Tour Route Map to view the route of the tour and to find ... Built in 1911 of white glazed terracotta, Union Station is a powerful symbol of ... railroad line opened between Boston and Worcester in 1835 and, by 1848, ..... During the late-19th and early-20th centuries the Green Street neighborhood...
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Clipper - Wikipedia  A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century. They were fast ... Dutch clippers were built beginning in the 1850s for the tea trade and ... in 1848 and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. .... such as tea, where an early cargo was more valuable, or for passenger routes.
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First Transit: 100 Years of the U.S. Navy in the Panama Canal | The ...  Oct 12, 2014 ... Unofficial Order of the Ditch (crossing Panama Canal) certificate by Tiffany .... It opened to civilian and commercial traffic on July 12, 1920 at the...
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the montreal/lake ontario section of the seaway t  Ocean to the head of the Great Lakes, at the heart of North ... (Quebec) to Iroquois (Ontario) enabling ships to navigate ... The opening of the Seaway, in April of 1959, marked the ... The first efforts to open an inland navigation ... ment of the City of Montreal as a major port. ... its depth and lock dimensions precluded the ship-.
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Today in History  April 25 | BullDog Pundit  Apr 25, 2012 ... At Port Said, Egypt, ground is broken for the Suez Canal, an artificial ... Construction began in April 1859, and at first digging was done by hand...
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Tunnel Drilling, Old as Babylon, Now Becomes Safer - NYTimes.com  Dec 2, 1990 ... The technology that gave rise to the Channel Tunnel has its origins in ... was built by the Babylonians under the Euphrates River between 2180 ... as well as pedestrians, connected the royal palace with a major temple on the opposite bank. ... After the collapse of the Roman Empire, tunnel-building virtually...
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Suez Canal - Wikipedia  The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, after 10 years of construction, it was officially opened on November 17, 1869. ...... The opening of the canal created the first salt-water passage between the...
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Canal History - New York State Canals  The New York State Canal System is not only rich in history, but also culture. ... the State of New York took on the task of carving 363 miles of canal through the ... a route for the Canal which would connect the Hudson River to the Great Lakes. ... to New York City, he emptied two casks of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic...
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Erie Canal Fact Narrative - Camillus Erie Canal Park  July 4, 1817, laborers began to dig the Erie Canal in Rome, New York. It was started in the ... It was 363 miles long from Albany to Buffalo. The rise from the...
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Canal History - Suez Canal Authority  The idea of linking the Mediterranean sea with the red sea by a canal dates back to 40 ... 2407-2260 BC) tell us a lot about Egyptian canal building and the reasons for ... Casion (east of Port Said), which is the boundary between Egypt and Syria, the ... Excavation of the canal actually began on April 25th, 1859, and between...
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One of the openings of the Panama Canal - Blogs - Devils Lake ...  Jul 12, 2013 ... The Panama Canal was officialyy opened by President Woodrow Wilson on July 12, 1920. The most interesting part of this historical event...
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Text 9B - StudFiles.ru  4  2015 ... 4.Two notable canals for ships in Europe are the Corinth Canal and the Kiel Canal. The former was built in 1893 across the solid rocks of the isthmus of Corinth. ... de Lesseps, started to cut a passage through this flat desert country. ... through the canal, which is a hundred miles long and has no locks, thus...
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Martian canal - Wikipedia  For a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was erroneously believed that there were canals on Mars. These were a network of long straight lines in the equatorial regions from 60 ... They could also see Mars' polar ice caps shrinking and growing with these changing seasons. It was only when they interpreted...
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J! Archive - Show #2780, aired 1996-10-04  On October 27, 1822 a 280-mile section of the Erie Canal opened between Rochester & this .... The umbo is the pointed center & oldest part of this part of a clam...
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Erie Canal opens - Oct 26, 1825 - HISTORY.com  The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via ... of communication was used to inform New York City of the historic occasion. ... Today, the Erie Canal is used mostly by pleasure boaters, but it is still ... Republic of Vietnam is now in existence and that he will serve as the nation's first president.
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Erie Canal History - New York State Canals  From its inception, the Erie Canal helped form a whole new culture revolving around ... for the Canal which would connect the Hudson River to the Great Lakes. ... several lateral Canals opened including the Champlain, the Oswego and the...
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AMERICANS IN PANAMA STORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL FROM ...  For the three locks at Gatun 2.000,000 cubic yards of concrete were required, for the ... cent, and in 1912 another 1.000,000 barrels were bought to complete tha canal. ... The concrete is all of re-enforced construction, and an unusual feature has .... This lake is formed by two dams, the one to the west being 2,300 feet long...
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July 12, 1920: Panama Canal formally opens - Discovery Channel's ...  The Panama Canal first opened to shipping in 1914 but the event was overshadowed by news about World War I. The greatest engineering feat in the history...