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Excerpt from The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering
The reader will find in the first two chapters a sketch of the early history of Barge Canals, and a statement of the chief features of their construction, followed by a notice of those larger works used by sea-borne vessels, which are divided into three distinct classes, represented by the Caledonian, the Amsterdam, and the Suez Canals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
