Thery existed in ancient Egypt. The Bible refers to a (water Gate) which might have been either a reservoir or a canal- nothing to do with Nixonian politics. the words Water Gate are frequently cast on sewer manhole covers- this was emphasized by some photographers when the Watergate scandal emerged. Close the Emergency Doors!- said to be the prologue to (Hail to the Chief)
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.
1750-1900. In the industrial revolution
The British helped the Egyptians build it.
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.