Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography ; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Том 7Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... canals , except those of America , is given under the article Canals . An account of river navigation will be found under the article Rivers , navigable . In the present article , a view will be given of American canal naviga- tion , as ...
... canals , except those of America , is given under the article Canals . An account of river navigation will be found under the article Rivers , navigable . In the present article , a view will be given of American canal naviga- tion , as ...
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... canal was com- pleted in 1808. It opens a communication between Boston harbor and the Merrimack river , a distance of 27 miles . It has but one summit level , 104 feet above Boston harbor , and 32 above the level of the Mer- rimack , at ...
... canal was com- pleted in 1808. It opens a communication between Boston harbor and the Merrimack river , a distance of 27 miles . It has but one summit level , 104 feet above Boston harbor , and 32 above the level of the Mer- rimack , at ...
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... canal adds 40 miles to the steamboat navigation up the Connecticut . Before the construction of this work , these rapids were navigated by the boats passing along the river , but they were a great impediment to the nav igation . This canal ...
... canal adds 40 miles to the steamboat navigation up the Connecticut . Before the construction of this work , these rapids were navigated by the boats passing along the river , but they were a great impediment to the nav igation . This canal ...
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... canal , extending from Al- bany on the Hudson , to Buffalo on lake Erie , is 363 miles in length , 40 feet wide at the surface of the water , 28 feet at the bottom , with a depth of 4 feet of wa- ter . It has 2 summit levels in this dis ...
... canal , extending from Al- bany on the Hudson , to Buffalo on lake Erie , is 363 miles in length , 40 feet wide at the surface of the water , 28 feet at the bottom , with a depth of 4 feet of wa- ter . It has 2 summit levels in this dis ...
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... Canals . The state of Pennsylvania has a very extensive system of canal navigation , a very large part of which has been undertaken by the state , at the public expense . - Schuylkill canal and navigation was commenced in 1816 , and has ...
... Canals . The state of Pennsylvania has a very extensive system of canal navigation , a very large part of which has been undertaken by the state , at the public expense . - Schuylkill canal and navigation was commenced in 1816 , and has ...
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