| Isaac Taylor - 1839 - 462 pages
...instead of having a road for carriages in the centre, it has a hollow channel, through which runs the water of the canal, of depth sufficient for barges...on the side of the canal for him to walk on. " One moder n invention, the steam-vessel, is making rapid strides towards perfection. Many experiments were... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1849 - 164 pages
...nothing else. They are sometimes seventy feet long and only six feet wide, that they may be able to pass each other without requiring the canal to be of an inconvenient width. They will contain a very large quantity of goods, and may be drawn by a single horse with tolerable ease.... | |
| Sara H. Browne - 1871 - 444 pages
...generally constructed to suit their particular purpose. They are long and narrow, that they may be able to pass each other without requiring the canal to be of an inconvenient width. They will contain a very large quantity of Canal-boats. -f , , , . , goods, and yet may be drawn by a single... | |
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