Articles related to "Building The Canal"

During America's Canal Age, men with little training as engineers created a way for water to run uphill using canals.

From the mid nineteenth century to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, a Central American canal preoccupied long term hemispheric motivations and goals.

The construction of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s was not a new idea. The conceptual history of Panama Canal construction stretches back to the 16th Century.

The building of the Ohio & Erie Canal is forever linked to the settlement of Ohio.

The Panama Canal is over 80 years old and needs updating and expansion. The people of Panama have voted to fund this remodeling.

Canals as a method of travel and transport date back to 4,000 B.C. with the Babylonians. The idea was further refined by the Egyptians, Romans and Chinese.

Many European nations added to the development of canals, but all of them saw the benefits of canals, which helped usher in the region's Industrial Age.

Mechanical Music Museum, a puppet theater, a Gothic town hall, outdoor markets, horse- drawn carriages and miles of canals highlight Northern Europe's great Medieval city

Cruise the Canal du Midi. Starting in Toulouse, explore the Midi-Pyrénées, travel through landscapes painted by Renoir and Monet and visit historic towns along the way.

Years before James Rumsey sailed his steamboat on the Potomac River, he created a boat that, in essence, walked against the current.

From Harlem to Brooklyn and Holland Tunnel to Amsterdam Avenue, the Dutch influence on street and place names in New York can be seen up to this day.

Grand Coulee Dam was one of the largest man-made structures on the earth at the time it was completed in 1941. Its electricity was essential for World War II projects.

George Washington accepted his first presidency in 1785, not of the United States but for the Patowmack Company, which sought to make the Potomac River navigable.

America became a leading producer of goods because a century of ingenuity produced innovation in all areas of industrial and social progress.

Museums focusing on radio and Gota Canal history, Sweden's second largest lake, a fifteenth-century castle, cozy restaurants and more combine to make great vacations.

The most fun Ottawa family activity remains skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway. For beginner and more experience skaters alike, Rideau skating is an outdoor adventure.

The British Isles is the place to be for those wishing to experience unique, eccentric and downright odd public houses.

Pierre Paul Riquet faced his biggest challenge when he attempted to route the Canal de Midi around his home town in the 17th century..

Earning himself a place on Mt. Rushmore was not easy, but Theodore Roosevelt worked hard at the Presidency, focusing on getting things done and on initiating reform.

The life of James Roosevelt involved youthful indiscretion, business success and failure, politics, and the rearing of a future U.S. President.

Challenging the old view of presidential power, Teddy Roosevelt redefined his role and established a leadership model that enabled successful results to serious issues.

Yellow fever, malaria, inadequate equipment, ill-considered techniques and corruption were some of the problems that plagued the French attempt to dig the Panama Canal.

Brugge is ground zero for chocolate, waffles and architecture. A wonderful, friendly compact city almost designed for visitors to wander around on foot.

The Roman historian Tacitus once called Ancient Egypt "the gift of the Nile". It was true. But for the Nile, civilization could never have flourished in Egypt.