The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-15
CANALS.


AS the concentrated upon the Panama
Canal may be consider
under the category The ship canals the world
number The Canal commenced in 1889 and completed
1869 The Consadt St Petersburg begun 1877 and
finished in 1900 The Corinth Canal completed 1888 a.
chester Ship Canal 1894 The Kaiser Wilhelm 1906
meeting the North Sea and Trave Canal
1000 T. The Weand connecting with Lake On
a Two canals connecting Lake Superior and Luke Huron one
belonging to the United States and one Canada.
By far the most important of these the Suez Canal though the
number OF vessels passing through does not equal that passing through
the canals connecting Lake Superior with the chain Lakes
the south In length exceeds any other ship canals being
OF which about twods is formed OF shallow lakes through which
had to be deepened Originally feet deep 1895
deepened feet The width the bottom 1913
the surface 42o feet The cost OF construction with improvements has
been slightly $Ioooooooo which income OF per
In 1870 the number vessels that passed through year
there 3o8 vessels with of 1124813 The
by night the canal being lighted with electric lights When first
opened vessels had anchor night The of passing through
the canal little The without locks, level
of water on both sides Of the isthmus being the
The Cornh Canal also joining the Gulf Of
Cornh with the Bay Of Aegna only four miles long part
cut through granite rock The tolls are 10 cents ton The cost
terranean ports about rs miles.
The CronstadSt Petersburg Canal really deepening OF the
Neva channel and the Bay of Cronadt from nine feet twenty
1t has made of ST. Petersburg commercial well imperial city
only very light the
transferring their cagoes The Manchester Ship Man
chester port also but to vessels OF considerable draft since
the average depth 20 feet This canal has four locks which give
rise of 90 feet for the entire length OF hfve miles The
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The Wilhelm originally strategic pu
poses the naval harbo of K with the North Sea- The
through Marshes shallow lakes and river valleys The Ebe and
Irave Canal purely commercial
Three ship canals intended give continuous vessels
from the head Lake Superior Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence
River the Weand Canal originally 1883 enafg
1871 ooo the ST. Marys Canal at Sau Ste Marie
Mich opened 1855 enlarged 1881 1896 and the Canadian
canal St Mays River opened in 1896 In Importance,
measured least by their the canals the St Mary River
by surpa that Wend passing
through the canals the ST. Marys River being
the number passing through the Weand and the Of the
nearly that the latter One the
poran products of the Lake Superior region iron is chiefly used
from Lake Superior from Buffalo the Atlantic
the Erie Canal railroads cenerng Buffalo The
article the shipments through the Saut
Ste Marie canals COAL originates in the territory contiguous Lake
vessels the ST Marys River greatly exceed
those of the Welland Canal
Thus mankind by the expenditure and the
skill has performed marvels the Of
whose rocky the bones countless vessels
been piled from Phoencan gaeys Roman trmes slow sare
Dutchs the
Undoubtedly work the Suez Canal the
present the greatest wedding
the Pacific do Others have dreamed
of it, others have eyed it, but with to do it,
complish it.
When America passage
the great beyond began Every estuary north south
pobed by who each thought his particular
the ong-sOughor This search Magellan
the Ornoco inspired lie Marie and Schouen and countless other
voyagers To the north Cabot dreamed of and Hudson sought
the that bears his and in that bay also named after him.
where from the Arctic while his
sailed back to deserved trial in their land
But gave opening into this mighty left that task
When the Panama completed the
will have been rounded by human skill That this
should fall to the mghest Republic the world has but
fitting Nothing completing that commercial high
way which Columbus and his followers sought.