A canal intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas, or lakes.
The Panama Canal, a shortcut from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea, bypassing a circumnavigation of the AmericasThe Suez Canal, a shortcut from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, bypassing a circumnavigation of Africa
A ship canal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas, or lakes to which it is connected.[1]
A shipcanal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas, or lakes to which it is connected. Shipcanals can be distinguished...
53°24′N 2°36′W / 53.4°N 2.6°W / 53.4; -2.6 The Manchester ShipCanal is a 36 mi-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester...
passing of a ship. The canal is threatened by low water levels during droughts. The Panama Canal shortcut greatly reduces the time for ships to travel between...
The Chicago Sanitary and ShipCanal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago...
(22 mi) to speed up the canal's transit time. The expansion intended to nearly double the capacity of the Suez Canal, from 49 to 97 ships per day. At a cost...
The canal is connected to the Manchester ShipCanal via a lock at Cornbrook; to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester; to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston...
The Welland Canal is a shipcanal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. The canal traverses the Niagara Peninsula...
estuary in New York City connecting the Hudson River to the Harlem River ShipCanal and then on to the Harlem River. The confluence of the three water bodies...
living for any industrialized society. Most shipcanals today primarily service bulk cargo and large ship transportation industries, whereas the once...
purpose-built shipcanal is the Manchester ShipCanal. Upon opening in 1894, it was the largest shipcanal in the world, permitting ships with a length...
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft)...
The Exeter ShipCanal, also known as the Exeter Canal is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon,...
impassable for many modern ships. It is currently of little economic importance and is mainly a tourist attraction. The Corinth canal concept originated with...
The Duluth ShipCanal is an artificial canal cut through Minnesota Point, providing direct access to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior. Begun privately...
The Manych ShipCanal is a canal between the Black Sea lagoon the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea. Proposals are being considered to turn it into a larger...
The ShipCanal Bridge is a double-deck steel truss bridge that carries Interstate 5 (I-5) over Seattle's Portage Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal...
Manych ShipCanal is the existing canal system that would be the likely route for the Eurasian Canal.[citation needed] The route of the canal, as usually...
Spit canal (Polish: Kanał przez Mierzeję Wiślaną), officially known as the Nowy Świat shipcanal (Polish: Kanał żeglugowy Nowy Świat), is a canal across...
originally the Bridgewater Docks, is an inland port on the Manchester ShipCanal in the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is operated by Peel Ports...
The Lake Washington ShipCanal, which runs through the city of Seattle, connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington with the salt water inland sea...
2007. Retrieved June 14, 2018. Saint Marys Falls ShipCanal (Soo Locks Historic District, Soo Canals), Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity...
permanently altered by the construction of the Manchester ShipCanal which opened in 1896. The canal turned Manchester and Salford into a major inland seaport...
Danish straits. The Kiel Canal is one of the world's most frequented artificial waterways with an annual average of 32,000 ships (90 daily), transporting...
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...
construction of the Lake Washington ShipCanal drastically changed the inflow and outflow of the lake. Before construction of the canal in 1916, Lake Washington's...
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