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minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 days agoNot really. Most of these old canals were only a couple yards/meters wide and dried up 100 years ago.
minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agonot enough attention is being paid to the drunken stumble into the canal that drowned someone! /s
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoIf they’re only a couple meters wide, how the heck are they supposed to fit watercraft?
minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoThe barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAhh that sucks, we have quite a few of ours still
Not really. Most of these old canals were only a couple yards/meters wide and dried up 100 years ago.
But are they only 3 feet deep? /s
not enough attention is being paid to the drunken stumble into the canal that drowned someone! /s
If they’re only a couple meters wide, how the heck are they supposed to fit watercraft?
The barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
Ahh that sucks, we have quite a few of ours still