Directory of Canals Resources

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This category is for listing sites about the history of canal construction and the engineers that built the canals.

Subcategories

• Barnard, John Gross
• Brindley, James
• By, John
• Fulton, Robert
• Goethals, George Washington
• Outram, Benjamin
• Rogers, Richard Birdsall
• Smeaton, John
• Stevens, John F
• Suez Canal
• White, Canvass
• Wright, Benjamin
• de Lesseps, Ferdinand

Resources in This Category

• A Brief History of English Canals

  http://www.mikeclarke.myzen.co.uk/Englishcanals.htm
  Substantive article by Mike Clarke.

• D & H Canal Historical Society

  http://www.canalmuseum.org/
  Purpose is to preserve, protect and perpetuate the unique history of the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Features history, museum, walks and events.

• Foxton Inclined Plane Trust

  http://www.fipt.org.uk/
  Voluntary organisation dedicated to the restoration of the lift and the preservation of its history along with that of the associated waterways. Features news, history and visitor information.

• History of Canals

  http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa19
  Topics include the great canal of Darius I, China's grand canal, flash locks and pound locks, European canals, and the Suez canal.

• History of Canals in London

  http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/
  Provides illustrated articles on the main and minor canals.

• History of the Rideau Canal

  http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/hist-canal.html
  The oldest continuously operated canal in North America first opened in 1832.

• Michigan Ship Canal

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AJQ1217.0001.001;didno=AJQ1217.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
  Speech of Hon. Mark D. Wilber, in the Senate of Michigan, March 26, 1873, advocating the construction of the ship canal.

• Middlesex Canal Association

  http://www.middlesexcanal.org/
  Includes museum and visitor center information, newsletters, photo gallery, and history.

• Notes on Canal History and Engineering

  http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/canhist.htm
  Describes types and engineering methods and includes sources of information.

• Proceedings of the National Ship-Canal Convention, 1863

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AGL8643.0001.001;didno=AGL8643.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
  Full text of these proceedings which were called to discuss the enlargement of the canals between the valleys of the Mississippi and the Atlantic.

• The American Canal Society

  http://www.americancanals.org/
  Promote the wise use of America's many historic canal resources through research, preservation, restoration, recreation, and parks.

• The Erie Canal

  http://www.eriecanal.org/
  History of the canal in general, but focuses to some extent on the western portion of the canal from Palmyra (Lock 29) to Lockport (Locks 34 and 35), and particularly on the area around the City of Rochester. Includes a range of images and photographs.

• The Great Duke of Bridgewater

  http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/lw1874/ch11.htm
  Extensive article with sources and footnotes. Notes the Duke as the father of the canal system in Great Britain.

• The Story of the Panama Canal

  http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(trmp+4175s1))
  Compilation film revealing the story of the Panama Canal construction. From the Roosevelt film library.

• Wikipedia: Panama Canal

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
  Illustrated article including layout, locks, history, tolls and related links.

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