Question: Were the Dundee Canal and Augusta Canal both built to provide hydropower for mills and manufacturing?

Context articles: Sibley Mill
Dams and reservoirs in Ethiopia
Dundee Canal
Augusta Canal
Merrimack Canal
Pastor H.K. McKnight Sr. Bridge
Enterprise Mill
William &quot;Billy&quot; L. Powell Jr. Bridge
Butt Memorial Bridge
The Village at Riverwatch

The Sibley Mill is a historic building located on the Augusta Canal at 1717 Goodrich Street near downtown Augusta, Georgia, United States.
 Designed by Jones S. Davis, it was built on a site previously occupied by the Confederate Powderworks, and was completed in 1882.
 While the interior is typical of any textile mill of the period, its imposing exterior is notable for an ornate style variously described as eclectic and neo-gothic.
 Textile products were produced there until 2006, since when the building has been unoccupied.
 The mill was built to operate on hydropower, and continues to generate electricity today.
Ethiopia is called the "water tower" of Africa due to its combination of mountaineous areas with a comparatively large share of water resources in Africa.
 Only a fraction of this potential has been harnessed so far, 1% at the beginning of the 21 century.
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 In order to become the powerhouse of Africa, Ethiopia is actively exploiting its water resources by building dams, reservoirs, irrigation and diversion canals and hydropower stations.
 The benefits of the dams are not only limited to hydropower.
 Many dams are multi-purpose dams that are also designed to provide water for irrigation, drinking water and flood control.
 However, hydropower is expected to be the main benefit of the dams.
The Dundee Canal was an industrial canal in Clifton and Passaic in Passaic County, New Jersey.
 It was built between 1858 and 1861 and ran parallel to the Passaic River.
 It supplied hydropower and water for manufacturing.
 There was interest by some members of the business community to modify the canal to support navigational uses, but the canal was never used for that purpose.
The Augusta Canal is a historic canal located in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
 The canal is fed by the Savannah River and passes through three levels (approximately 13 miles total) in suburban and urban Augusta before the water returns to the river at various locations.
 It was devised to harness the water power at the fall line of the Savannah River to drive mills, to provide transportation of goods, and to provide a municipal water supply.
 It is the only canal in the US in continuous use for its original purposes of providing power, transport and municipal water.
The Merrimack Canal is a power canal in Lowell, Massachusetts.
 The canal, dug in the 1820s, begins at the Pawtucket Canal just above Swamp Locks, and empties into the Merrimack River near the Boott Cotton Mills.
 The Merrimack Canal was the first major canal to be dug at Lowell exclusively for power purposes, and delivered 32 ft of hydraulic head to the mills of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company.
 The Merrimack Manufacturing Company was the first of the major textile mills constructed in Lowell.
 It was demolished around 1960.
The Pastor H.K. McKnight Sr.
 Bridge is a bridge over the Augusta Canal in Downtown Augusta, Georgia in the east-central part of Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
 The bridge carries Greene Street.
The Enterprise Mill is a historical residential and office complex along the Augusta Canal in Augusta, Georgia.
 Enterprise is located at the corner of Greene Street and 15th Street.
The William "Billy" L. Powell Jr.
 Bridge is a bridge over Augusta Canal in Augusta on the western shore of the Savannah River.
 It carries SR 104 (River Watch Parkway).
The Butt Memorial Bridge is a road bridge in Augusta, Georgia that carries 15th Street over the Augusta Canal.
 It is dedicated to Major Archibald Willingham Butt, born in Augusta and a victim of the sinking of RMS "Titanic".
 The bridge was erected in 1914 and dedicated by President William Howard Taft, a personal friend of Butt's.
 It is notable that the bridge was the first memorial erected to remember the "Titanic" disaster, and it stands today as the only memorial in Georgia dedicated to the disaster.
 The bridge is made of stone, featuring four pillars topped with bronze-banded globes placed over electric lights.
 Four lions with plaques adorn each side and end of the bridge, while lights are strung from one end of the bridge to the other.
 A memorial plaque is located on the center of the bridge, dedicated to Butt's memory.
The Village at Riverwatch is a planned Mixed-use development located in Augusta, Georgia (United States) along the banks of the Augusta Canal.
 The property will include an upscale lifestyle center, a dine-in 14-screen IMAX movie theater, Costco, Cabelas, and 25 acres of restaurants and retail.
 In addition, 7 acres of retail and entertainment and a hotel are planned.
 The center is currently owned by Dallas-based MGHerring Group.