Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries: With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)
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Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries: With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.
Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)
Canals
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│ Distance. │ Lockage.
├───────────┬───────────┼───────┬──────
│ Canal. │ Lake. │ Fall. │Rise.
├─────┬─────┼─────┬─────┼───────┼──────
│miles│yards│miles│yards│ │ft. in.
├─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼───────┼──────
Canal from Lake Wenern to │ 22 │ 1039│ .. │ .. │ .. │158 0
the Wiken │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │west
Lake Wiken │ .. │ .. │ 12 │ 318 │ .. │end
│ │ │ │ │ │of
Canal at Edet │ .. │ 534│ │ │ │summit.
Lake │ .. │ .. │ .. │ 535 │ │
Canal │ .. │ 581│ .. │ .. │ East │
│ │ │ │ │ end │
Lake │ .. │ .. │ .. │ 117 │ of │
│ │ │ │ │summit.│
Canal near Forsvik │ .. │ 496│ │ │ft. in.│
Lake Boltensjön │ .. │ .. │ 4 │ 803 │ 9 9 │
Canal at Rödesund │ .. │ 486│ │ │ │
Lake Wettern │ .. │ .. │ 19 │1136 │ │
Canal between Wettern and │ 2 │ 841│ .. │ .. │ 49 9 │
Lake Boren │ │ │ │ │ │
Lake Boren │ .. │ .. │ 6 │1140 │ │
Canal from thence to Roxen │ 14 │ 63│ .. │ .. │130 9 │
Lake Roxen │ .. │ .. │ 15 │1423 │ │
Canal from thence to │ │ │ │ │ │
Asplangen │ 4 │ 446│ .. │ .. │ 19 6 │
Lake Asplangen. │ .. │ .. │ 3 │ 208 │ │
Canal from thence to the │ 10 │ 494│ .. │ .. │ 86 6 │
Baltic near Soderkoping │ │ │ │ │ │
├─────┼─────┤ │ ├───────┤
Total length of canal │ 54 │ 1460│ .. │ .. │296 3 │
├─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼───────┤
Total length of lake │ │ │ │ │ │
navigation │ .. │ .. │ 62 │ 400 │ │296 3
│ │ ├─────┼─────┤ ├──────
│ │ │ │ │ │454 3
Total length of canal and │ │miles│yards│ │ │
lakes in English miles │ │ 117│ 100 │ │ │
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