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some time in the Victorian period i don't quite know
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What does canal mean?
A canal is a human buit waterway
Name of the longest canal in the western hemisphere?
panama canal ... most definitely not the panama canal which is less than 100 miles in length, Erie canal is somewhere around 360 miles, does not mean this is the longest, but it certainly is the longest that I am aware of St. Lawrence seaway is somewhere around 2500 miles long but is not just a canal, its a mixture of canal, lake, river, and others that im unsure of
How many miles is the Grand Canal?
over 1,000
Who invented and when were the clothes invented?
Clothes were invented 1000ends of years ago God first invented the clothes
Who invented the bed and when?
It was invented just before you were born and me AND your MOM invented it
When was the canal lock invented?
The Chinese invented the canal lock in the 10th century..
Who invented the canal?
Andrew Yarraton
Who invented canal locks?
g Washington
Who invented th canal system?
mesopotamia
What colony invented the Erie Canal?
The colonies had already become the United States when the Erie Canal was built.
Who invented the Suez canal?
The British helped the Egyptians build it.
When was the canal boat invented?
1750-1900. In the industrial revolution
What did Duke of Bridgewater invent?
He invented the first canal in London.
When was the Grand Canal invented?
Construction of the Grand Canal in China dates all the way back to the 5th century BC. The Grand Canal, which is 1,115 miles in length, begins in Beijing and ends in Hangzhou.
When were ship canal locks invented?
they were built in the 10th century during the Song Dynasty (:
What did the Erie canal use to build the canal?
To build the Erie Canal, they used mules, horses and thousands of Irishmen with shovels and wheelbarrows. Benjamin Wright was the chief engineer. Wright and his men invented the stump puller and adapted a plow to cut brush.
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.
