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Honeywell to avoid boat wrecks on bottom of Onondaga Lake while dredging - Syracuse Post-Standard

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Honeywell International Inc. has agreed to avoid sunken canal boats, pier remains and other historical artifacts when it dredges decades of industrial waste from the bottom of Onondaga Lake starting this year. The company ... More...

Northrop Grumman to Supply Marine Navigation Equipment for Suez Canal Authority - msnbc.com

Sperry Marine business unit has won orders to supply navigation equipment to the Suez Canal Authority for tugboats and other assorted workboats. The orders include radar upgrades for 10 boats, and complete integrated bridge systems (IBS ... More...

Major plans to re-connect Chichester Ship Canal with the sea - Chichester Observer

Exciting new plans to re-connect Chichester Ship Canal with the sea – which would see boats from all over the world come into the city – have been revealed. The Chichester Ship Canal Trust exclusively told of its plans to the Observer, which also ... More...

First boat makes a real splash on canal - Sheffield Telegraph

Dozens of delighted spectators welcomed the John Varley boat into the basin, which can accommodate up to 20 large canal boats and 12 smaller crafts. Rod Auton, of Chesterfield Canal Trust, said: “The canal had been derelict for years and then opencast ... More...

Olympics-London canal boat owners must pay to stay near Games - Reuters

"A lot of people on the boats are definitely feeling as if we are being excluded," Steve Hatch, 59, a retired fireman who lives on a narrow boat while moving around London's canals, told Reuters. "Whenever you look at any publicity about the ... More...

State Fish and Wildlife boat ramp and creel checks - Seattle Times

Misery Point ramp, Hood Canal -- Feb. 1: Four boats with seven anglers caught three chinook; Feb. 2: Five boats with nine anglers caught three chinook; Feb. 3: 10 boats with 18 anglers caught four chinook; Feb. 4: 13 boats with 27 anglers caught ... More...

1 injured in boat collision on canal - The Post and Courier

MONCKS CORNER — One person was flown to a hospital Saturday with non-life-threatening injuries after two boats collided on the Tailrace Canal. Berkeley County Rescue Squad and Berkeley County EMS workers responded to the canal across from The ... More...

Bethlehem repairs leaky Lehigh Canal aqueduct - Allentown Morning Call

The canal boats were pulled by mules along a towpath, a setup that eventually drew the iron and steel industries to the canal's banks. The canals gave way to the railroads by the 1860s, and the towpath fell into disrepair until municipalities ... More...

Moore: Resurrect the Blackstone Canal - MetroWest Daily News

a portion of the Canal in Northbridge and Uxbridge is the subject of study as a 21st century alternative transportation mode for canoes, kayaks and tour boats from the River Bend Farm Visitors Center on Oak Street in Uxbridge. Perhaps even more important ... More...

Mending the mines: The problem of early unregulation - Farm and Dairy

During the first half of the 19th century, Ohio’s coal miners — primarily English, Scottish and Welsh descent — cut and loaded coal entirely by hand and moved it to their homes and local markets in wagons, carts, flatboats and canal boats. More...

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