Canal

Canals and navigations are human-made channels for water. In the vernacular both are referred to as 'canals'. The main difference between them is that a navigation parallels a river and shares its drainage basin, while a canal cuts across a drainage divide.

Types of artificial waterways

A navigation is a series of channels that run roughly parallel to the valley and stream bed of an unimproved river. A navigation always shares the drainage basin of the river. A vessel uses the calm parts of the river itself as well as improvements, traversing the same changes in height.

A true canal is a channel that cuts across a drainage divide, making a navigable channel connecting two different drainage basins.

Most commercially important canals of the first half of the 19th-century were a little of each, using rivers in long stretches, and divide crossing canals in others. This is true for many canals still in use.

Structures used in artificial waterways

Both navigations and canals use engineered structures to improve navigation:

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Executive director of Niagara County Historical Society to retire after three decades of leadership and history

Lockport Union-Sun 20 Mar 2023
A historic journey will be coming to an end after three decades. Melissa Dunlap, the Executive Director of Niagara County Historical Society will be retiring on March 31 after 33 years ... We had his traveling trunks,” she said ... Perhaps the largest of these projects was the construction of the Erie Canal Discovery Center ... ....
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Dominguez Gang members get life sentence for murder

The Manila Times 15 Mar 2023
"Venson, you brought me here ... Court records showed that Evangelista's charred body was found near an irrigation canal in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Jan ... Prior to the discovery of the cadaver, one of the convicted men allegedly went to Evangelista's car shop in Cubao, Quezon City with a mechanic to test drive the victim's vehicle ... .......
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Court finds 3 auto theft gang members guilty in 2011 killing of car dealer

The Manila Times 15 Mar 2023
Talban was said to be the gunman ... Court records showed that the younger Evangelista's charred body was found near an irrigation canal in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Jan. 14, 2011. Prior to the discovery, one of the accused allegedly went to his car shop in Cubao, Quezon City with a mechanic for a test drive of Evangelista's vehicle ... .......
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Real estate transfers: Belden Village mall property sells for $21.3 million

Inde Online 11 Mar 2023
Several buildings around the Belden Village mall in Jackson Township sold for $21.3 million last month, according to the latest real estate filings with the Stark County Auditor's Office ... 11 to Feb ... Canal Fulton. Discovery Park Number 4 Homeowners from Schalmo Properties Inc, parcel 9503247 Summer Evening Dr, $31,600.Jackson Township ... Facebook. Twitter....
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Real estate transfers: Several Stark properties sell for more than $1 million, including mall buildings

The Suburbanite 10 Mar 2023
Stark County saw three properties sell for more than $1 million last month, including property around the Belden Village mall, according to the latest real estate filings with the Stark County Auditor's Office ... 11 to Feb ... Canal Fulton. Discovery Park Number 4 Homeowners from Schalmo Properties Inc, parcel 9503247 Summer Evening Dr, $31,600.Canton ... ....
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New insights into cellular 'bridges' shed light on development, disease

Phys Dot Org 09 Mar 2023
In addition to being an important step toward understanding the function and formation of ring canals, the researchers say, the new discovery may also yield insight into incomplete cell division that occurs in typical development across a variety of species and into diseases ......
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Woman found in fridge 30 years ago identified in US

The Eastern Herald 06 Mar 2023
In March 1995, a local resident made a terrible discovery....
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Police searching for man, 55, who vanished near Manchester after going for an evening walk ...

The Daily Mail 05 Mar 2023
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) made the discovery around Bridgewater Canal at around 10.48am on Saturday morning and have informed Peter's family ... Greater Manchester Police made the discovery around Bridgewater Canal at around 10.48am on Saturday morning ... of the Bridgewater Canal....
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Police searching for missing grandfather find body near Salford canal

ITV 05 Mar 2023
Police searching for missing grandfather Peter Baglin have found human remains near a canal in Salford. Officers from the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Tactical Aid Unit made the discovery on Saturday 4 March 2023 just before 11am, following a further search of the area around the Bridgwater Canal in Boothstown, Salford ... ITV Granada ... ITV Granada ... ....
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NIAGARA DISCOVERIES: Rolling out the barrels on the Erie Canal

Lockport Union-Sun 04 Mar 2023
A few months ago, Niagara Discoveries considered the importance of blacksmiths in keeping the Erie Canal boats in operation with properly-shoed mules and horses, as well as canal related businesses supplied with tools and other needed equipment ... commodities on the Erie Canal....

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