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What heavy cargoes could be moved by canal boats?
Before the widespread use of railways, any cargo would likely be shipped by canal boat - heavy or otherwise. However, one of the largest requirements for the Industrial Revolution was for coal to be burned to generate power. Canals were the ideal medium (for a while) to ship these large cargoes long distances from coalfields to factories.
What heavy cargo could be moved by the canal boat?
i do not know to be quite honest maybe bricks
What is a canal and why is it useful?
A canal is a system using man dug trenches filled with water to be used to move boats from water body to water body or up to a city where a port may be built. thus allowing a greater volume of goods to be moved.
What is a flat bottomed boat called?
There are narrow flat bottom boats called punts, which are moved with the aid of a long pole. The similar boats in Venice are called gondolas. Small boats may be called skiffs, and the flat-bottom canoes of Louisiana are called pirogues. Large boats are canal boats, or barges.
Where Food is moved through the alimentary canal?
colon
What was the most common use for canal in America?
Transportation
How much land was cut away and moved to form the Suez Canal?
40 miles
How are goods moved throughout El Salvador?
people pay them to ship them in boats to every where in the world
What moved the boat using oars?
In the olden days SLAVES used oars to power the boats.
What is the meaning of lumbered?
To have moved in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
What is the 50 cubic tons moved to the panama canal every year to keep it in operation?
mud
What is the difference between clipper ship and a steam boat?
A clipper ship is a sail boat that is very fast and is moved by winds. Steam boats are mechanical boats that run a motor with steam power.
