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Did people live in the boats that traveled the Erie Canal?
According to the Erie Canal web site: " In many cases, the boats were also home for a family, as the father would captain the boat, the mother would be the cook, and the children would play or help out as needed."
What lifts and lowers boats on a canal that is also something a key would open?
it is called a lock
What is a channel dug to allow boats to travel from one river to anothor is an example of what?
That would be a canal.
What is a channel dug to allow boats to travel from one river to another is an example of what?
That would be a canal.
Why did the Phoenicians build boats?
The Phoenicians were a maritime people so it was only natural that they take to the sea. Boats enabled them to carry their trade wares to many points accessible from the sea. And since most of their trades involved the barter system, they would have the same means of transporting the bartered goods back home.
What did Mesopotamia use most there water for?
They used the Tigris and Euphrates river for boats to come in and trade goods and farming. There would be an annual flood and the Mesopotamians would count on that for farming. The boats would bring in items such as: food, cloth, jewelry, wine, pottery and other goods. Hope that helps!
How did the Suez influence the Panama Canal?
The Suez Canal was the first canal to separate two major land masses and allow boats and ships to pass inbetween. The Panama Canal was created soon after the Suez, as the Suez Canal proved that a canal could be built that would separate two continents. Without the Suez, the Panama Canal may have never been funded and made. ~Ares
How did boats travel through the Erie Canal?
Water is a cheaper means of travel than overland. Mules would pull the barges against the current.
How do goods and information travel in Egypt?
In Ancient Egypt, most things were transported long distances by using boats on the Nile River or canals dug from it. Short distances were often covered by using mules or asses to carry goods, oxen to carry plows, or by using people to push or pull a given item. Information would travel by word of mouth or through local informants who would pass information to the rulers. These methods were subject to high levels of information loss and corruption.In Modern Egypt, goods travel the same way they do everywhere else, using roads, airplanes, boats, trains, etc. Information travels by televisions, computers, word of mouth, etc.
How do they figure out how many lifeboats they need on a cruise ship?
It is based on the number of passengers and crew that the ship can carry. There are more boats than needed in case some of the boats would be damaged.
Why was Erie canal built?
In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market. The Erie Canal was built as a passageway from the eastern cities through the Appalachian mountains. It was a trade waterway meant to bring resources back from and goods to the frontier. The canal was important with the western developments and transportation among the vastly growing united states. it was a cheaper, easier way to transport goods down the stream or across the country. The New York State Legislature voted to fund the Erie Canal because Dewitt Clinton thought that the canal would increase business to New York. The Canal paid for itself in two years.
Why don't some chain companies not carry all goods in store?
All goods? That would take huge, huge buildings.
