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71Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal — The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal between Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and Havre de Grace, Maryland, at the head of Chesapeake Bay, provided an interstate shipping alternative to 19th century arks, rafts, and boats plying the difficult waters of …
72Panama Canal — The Panama Canal is a man made canal in Panama which joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the… …
73Sankey Canal — The Sankey Canal, which is also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and the St Helens Canal, is a canal in Lancashire, in the northwest of England, connecting St Helens with the River Mersey. When opened in 1757, it ran along the valley of the… …
74Mediterranean-Dead Sea Canal — The Mediterranean Dead Sea canal (MDSC) is a proposed project to dig a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, taking advantage of the 400 metre difference in water level between the seas. It is not to be confused with the Red Sea Dead… …
75Economic history of the United Kingdom — The economic history of the United Kingdom deals with the history of the economy of the United Kingdom from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 1st, 1707,[1] with the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of… …
76Llangollen Canal — The Llangollen Canal is a canal in England and Wales.What is today known as the Llangollen Canal was originally the centre section of the Ellesmere Canal, and later became part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. Only with the increasing… …
77Ashton Canal — The Ashton Canal is a canal built in Greater Manchester in Northern England.RouteThe Ashton leaves the Rochdale Canal at Ducie St. Junction in central Manchester, and climbs for six miles (10 km) and 18 locks, passing through Ancoats, Holt Town,… …
78Dead Sea canal — The Dead Sea canal is a proposed project of building a canal from either the Mediterranean Sea (MDSC) or the Red Sea to the Dead Sea (RSDSC), taking advantage of the 400 meter difference in water levels between the seas. The water flowing through …
79Erewash Canal — The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England. It runs just under 12 miles (19 km) and has 14 locks. The first lock at Langley Bridge is actually part of the Cromford Canal. Origins The canal obtained its act of parliament in 1777… …
80Leven Canal — The Leven Canal canal runs for 3.25 miles (5.1 km) from the River Hull to the village of Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was built for Mrs Charlotta Bethell in 1805, and remained in use until 1935. It is now a Site of Special… …
