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What is another name for a person that operates the locks for canal boats?
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∙ 15y ago
Lock keeper is the word you are looking for.
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When was Storybook Land Canal Boats created?
Storybook Land Canal Boats was created in 1994.
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.
What connects 2 rivers so that boats can travel from one to another?
I believe you are talking about a canal.
What is canal boats?
something that goes along a canal
What kind of boats might be used in a canal?
Narrow boats.
What was added to the canal to help boats handle changes in elevation?
The word is locks. Canals usually have to have locks to raise or lower a boat from one part of a canal to another.
Who operates Panama Canal?
the Panama Canal operats and runs by the government of Panama.
What country operates the Panama Canal?
panama
Who invented canal boats?
Canal boats were invented by engineers who also built railroad for the canal boats to travel on. Canal boats at and up side and a down side and they rode piggyback on railroad flatcars. Canal boats had 3 sections, a kitchen and different bedrooms. People that rode canal boats usually ate around 6:00 pm and meals cost between 25-37 cents. Mules or Horses usually pulled canal boats. A man at the back of the boat guided it with a stick-like rudder. In good weather passengers could sit on top of the house, but they had to watch out for low-laying bridges. Unfortunatly steam engines were built providing faster and cheaper ways of transportation and the canal boats were outdated. After all that work building the aqueducts (special water bridges built fro canals) and locks (raised or lowered canal boats by raising or lowering the canal water.
What do you use canal boats for?
To float in the water.
What is a boat lift?
A boat lift is a mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another.
How do boats traverse the Panama Canal?
Through Locks
