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To: Ish who wrote (53355)	7/13/2000 6:07:47 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Maybe Croc knows where it is. I bet she does. When I was a BOY in California, I learned about some of the canals built "Back East." I forget where they are, but they're pretty famous; or they were. I though they were the NEATEST. Especially the ones with horses or cows to pull them; and bridges over gullies ~ water bridges over gullies. I think that is the most amazing engineering; to come at a time before they had concrete and plastic and even motors to pull and make things. When did explosives come in? That was the first biggy. But in the beginning, they didn't even have steam power! Oh my god! Eeek! It just flabbergasts me. I would like to explore them. Really like to. Maybe you could take some pictures of yours for us. Maybe there's already some on the net. But I have things I need to do. MAN things; I can't be surfing.

To: Ish who wrote (53355)	7/13/2000 8:52:26 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Well, I would guess that it was either the Welland Canal which cuts across the little corner of Ontario against New York near Niagara Falls... Or... It could be one of the mechanical locks in the Trent-Severn canal system... which makes its way through quite an elevation too... I don't know much about the Welland Canal though... My Dad had some photos of one of the locks in the Trent-Severn system. I haven't seen it in years, but it was quite a thing as I recall. Will do a bit of research and report back to you... (-: BTW, I just love things like canals and locks. A lot of them were built many years ago and are still in service today.... like the ones on the Rideau System....the basic "workings" are the same as they've been for a century or two.. pretty astounding...