Andrew Yarraton
The Chinese invented the canal lock in the 10th century..
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mesopotamia
The colonies had already become the United States when the Erie Canal was built.
He invented the first canal in London.
The British helped the Egyptians build it.
1750-1900. In the industrial revolution
some time in the Victorian period i don't quite know
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.
they were built in the 10th century during the Song Dynasty (:
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.
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 Unfortunatly steam engines were built providing faster and cheaper ways of transportation and the canal boats were outdated.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.