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In early Middle Eastern civilizations probably first built canals to supply drinking and irrigation water.

Gangs of laborers (called "navvies" or "navigators") first constructed British canals to provide artificial waterways for more efficient transportation of goods and materials during the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century. Canals served to open up countries to the Industrial Revolution, just as the internet is opening up the world to the Information Revolution.

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