Directory Help
Search only in CanalsSearch the Web  

Canals
  Science > Technology > Civil Engineering > History > Canals   Go to Directory Home  

Categories
Suez Canal (7)
Web Pages
Viewing in Google PageRank order               View in alphabetical order
  Wikipedia: Panama Canal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
Illustrated article including layout, locks, history, tolls and related links.
  The International Canal Monuments List http://www.icomos.org/studies/canals-toc.htm
List of canals recommended as being of international significance. Subjects covered include areas and values of significance in the canal heritage, and waterways history.
  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.
  Middlesex Canal Association http://www.middlesexcanal.org/
Includes museum and visitor center information, newsletters, photo gallery, and history.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  History of the Barge Canal of New York State http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1921/contents.html
Full text of this illustrated book by Noble Whitford published in 1821.
  Whitford's History of New York Canals, Vol. 1 http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/Contents.html
Full text with illustrations and maps.
  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.
  Notes on Canal History and Engineering http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/canhist.htm
Describes types and engineering methods and includes sources of 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.
  A Brief History of The Delaware Canal http://www.fodc.org/canal-history.html
Illustrated article by the Friends of the Delaware Canal.
  Facts and Observations - Erie Canal http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/rutherford/fact1825.htm
Text of John Rutherford's 1825 publication concerning the origin and completion of the canal.
  A Brief History of English Canals http://www.mikeclarke.myzen.co.uk/Englishcanals.htm
Substantive article by Mike Clarke.
  Duke of Bridgewater's Underground Canal at Worsley http://www.d.lane.btinternet.co.uk/canal.html
Features historical facts, maps and images.
  History of the Canal Systems of New York State http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap01.html
Full text of Whitford's illustrated history published in 1905.
  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.
  Birmingham & Black Country Canals - History http://upthecut.users.btopenworld.com/canals2/history.htm
Includes canals by date of construction with links to photographs.
  Great Canals of the World. http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/part5.htm
Parts of a monograph published by The United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Statistics.
  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.
  Proceedings of the National Ship-Canal Convention, 1863 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;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.
  Michigan Ship Canal http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;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.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

Modified by Google - ©2009 Google
Advertise with Us - Jobs, Press, Cool Stuff...