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    The Volunteer is a 76-foot replica of a 19th-century canal boat which is owned and operated by the Canal Corridor Association. The Volunteer operates on...
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  • (yacht), winner of the 1887 America's Cup HMS Volunteer, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy The Volunteer (canal boat), operational replica...
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    miles (32 km) of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail Treaty of St. Louis (1816) The Volunteer (canal boat) Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail Blanche...
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    route. The canal network was extensive and included feats of civil engineering such as the Anderton Boat Lift, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Worsley...
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    becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's role of recreational boating. Despite a period of abandonment, today the canal system in the United...
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    Towpath (redirect from Canal trail)
    Horse-drawn boat Flatboat Flyboat Narrowboat The Volunteer (replica canal boat at LaSalle, Illinois) Trekschuit (literally "tugboat") — horse-drawn boat used...
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    restoration is the activity of restoring a canal or river, including special features such as warehouse buildings, locks, boat lifts, and boats. In the United...
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    enrollees with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The first Canal Clipper boat, giving mule-driven rides, began in 1941. It was later replaced by the John Quincy...
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    May–October. Two mules pull the canal boat titled The Volunteer, while workers man the tiller and provide commentary to the passengers. Providence Metroparks...
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    The White Sea–Baltic Canal (Беломо́рско-Балти́йский кана́л), often abbreviated to White Sea Canal (Belomorkanal) is a man-made ship canal in Russia opened...
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    corporation under the trading name Scottish Canals. Waterways in the care of the Canal & River Trust are accessible for use by boats, canoeists, paddleboarders...
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    Western Railway. In the latter half of the 20th century the canal was restored in stages, largely by volunteers. After decades of dereliction and much...
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    is located on the Chesterfield Canal to the north of Tapton Park. Chesterfield Canal Trust volunteers run regular boat trips from the visitor centre...
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  • IWA National Festival (category Canals in the United Kingdom)
    Grand Union Canal. The much shorter route using the Trent and Mersey Canal was unavailable to him, as his boat was 7.5 feet (2.3 m) wide, and the Trent and...
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    The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles (23.3 kilometres) from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William...
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    middle of the 18th century. They were replaced by larger, more efficient canal boats during the canal era beginning with the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825...
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    leading to the construction of a diversion canal designed to redirect its flow into the Krishna River from Velagaleru village, situated 15 km from the city...
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    Template:Attached KML/Gowanus Canal KML is from Wikidata The Gowanus Canal (originally known as Gowanus Creek) is a 1.8-mile-long (2.9 km) canal in the New York City...
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    to construct a canal from the summit level to Leek were considered in January 1773. This would have been a tub-boat canal, as the boats were designed to...
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    The Wey and Arun Canal is a partially open, 23-mile-long (37 km) canal in the southeast of England. It runs southwards from the River Wey at Gunsmouth...
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    Deepcut. The canal was also used to train soldiers in boat handling. Harmsworth, the last trader working on the canal, purchased the canal in 1923, but...
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    catering to canal trade. Today the story can be told at the La Salle Canal Boat, the Volunteer. By the mid 1850s, LaSalle had begun to exploit the coal that...
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    returned to the canal. CIÉ took over the canal in 1944. As rail and road traffic increased, the canal fell into disuse. In 1974, volunteers from the Inland...
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    The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south-west of England, which was completed in 1789. It was conceived as part of a cargo...
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    The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore...
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    capital of the Netherlands, has more than 100 kilometers (62 mi) of grachten (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals (Herengracht...
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  • narrow gauge boats, during its construction the canal was altered into a broad gauge canal to allow an ultimately unrealised connection with the Leeds and...
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  • Thumbnail for Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
    The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (Welsh: Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog) is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently (2018)...
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    February 1796, parts of the canal were completed and the first boat, named the Royal Montgomery, was launched into the canal near Welshpool amidst great...
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  • Thumbnail for Hatherton Canal
    The Hatherton Canal is a derelict branch of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in south Staffordshire, England. It was constructed in two phases...
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