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First Welland Canal information


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The Welland Canal has gone through many incarnations in its history. Today, five distinct canal-construction efforts are recognized. The retronym First Welland Canal is applied to the original canal, constructed from 1824 to 1829 and 1831 to 1833.

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Island: Charles Douglass Smith The first Welland Canal is begun, partly in response to American initiatives in the Erie Canal. Russians begin exploration of...

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underwater tunnel in Welland, Ontario, Canada carrying Highway 58A as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway under the Welland Canal. The Townline Tunnel...

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for the colony's upper class. November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831) May 28 – A. B...

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Benjamin Lett

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been responsible for the bombing of Lock #37 (Allanburg) of the first Welland Canal on 9 September of the next year. However, his luck in evading authorities...

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route to Lake Erie followed the Welland and Niagara Rivers and was difficult and slow to navigate. The Welland Canal Company obtained a loan of 50,000...

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of the war. When the First Welland Canal was opened in 1829, the Niagara Road became a towpath for vessels exiting the Welland River. Oxen on the road...

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construction of the fourth Welland Canal and Highway 406. Prior to 1997, Highway 58 was continuous and travelled through the west side of Welland, maintained under...

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