The total operation was a construction project comparable in magnitude with the Panama Canal, but in 1917 time was in short supply ; ;

There, in one of the major Swiss engineering feats of the 19th century, the Jura water correction, the river, which had previously rendered the countryside north of Bern a swampland through frequent flooding, was diverted by the Hagneck Canal into Lake of Bienne.

West of Broadway as far as Canal Street was the city's fashionable residential area until circa 1825 ; landfill has more than tripled the area and the Hudson shore now lies far to the west, beyond TriBeCa and Battery Park City.

Another change was made on November 10, 1963, when Broadway became one-way southbound from Herald Square to Madison Square ( 23rd Street ) and Union Square ( 14th Street ) to Canal Street, and two routes — Sixth Avenue south of Herald Square and Centre Street, Lafayette Street, and Fourth Avenue south of Union Square — became one-way northbound.

However, the Canal du Midi was built using concrete in 1670, and there are concrete structures in Finland that date from the 16th century.

This was compounded by transportation problems-the coffee-growing areas were mainly on the Central Valley and only had access to the port in Puntarenas on the Pacific Coast, and before the Panama Canal was opened, ships from Europe had to sail around Cape Horn in order to get to the Pacific Coast.

By far the longest canal was the Grand Canal of China, still the longest canal in the world today, and the oldest extant one.

Canal building was revived in this age because of commercial expansion from the 12th century.

To break out of the limitations caused by river valleys, the first summit level canals were developed with the Grand Canal of China in 581 – 617 AD whilst in Europe the first, also using single locks, was the Stecknitz Canal in Germany in 1398.

The first to use pound locks was the Briare Canal connecting the Loire and Seine ( 1642 ), followed by the more ambitious Canal du Midi ( 1683 ) connecting the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

As well as industrial uses, the Royal Military Canal on the Romney Marsh was built so as create a barrier against invading troops, and hiding places for British troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Erie Canal ( opened 1825 ) was chartered and owned by the state of New York and financed by bonds bought by private investors.

Assured of a market for their farm products the settlement of the U. S. mid-west was greatly accelerated by the Erie Canal.

The Erie Canal ( as well as other canals ) was instrumental in lowering the differences in commodity prices between these various markets across America.

The Rideau Canal was built as a result of the War of 1812 to provide military transportation between the British colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada as an alternative to part of the St. Lawrence River, which was susceptible to blockade by the United States.

Many notable sea canals were completed in this period, starting with the Suez Canal ( 1869 )-which carries tonnage many times that of most other canals-and the Kiel Canal ( 1897 ), though the Panama Canal was not opened until 1914.

Cape Breton Island is joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway, which was completed in 1955, enabling direct road and rail traffic to and from the island, but requiring marine traffic to pass through the Canso Canal at the eastern end of the causeway.

Domestically, the Grand Canal was expanded and proved to be a stimulus to domestic trade.

Eisenhower's protests against longtime allies the United Kingdom and France during the Suez Canal Crisis meant that the US was the lone Western power in the Middle East and placed US oil security in jeopardy as the USSR filled the power vacuum.

Sizable banner populations were also placed in Manchuria and at strategic points along the Great Wall, the Yangtze River and Grand Canal.

He soon was placed in charge of the completion of the Muscle Shoals Canal along the Tennessee River near Florence, Alabama.

Although some Canal Zone officials compared the Gold Roll to military officers and Silver Roll to enlisted men, the characteristic that determined on which roll an employee was placed was race.

In November 1906, Chief Engineer John Stevens ordered that most blacks on the Gold Roll be placed on a silver roll instead ( a few remained in such roles as teachers and postmasters ); the following month the Canal Commission reported that the 3, 700 Gold Roll employees were " almost all white Americans " and the 13, 000 Silver Roll workers were " mostly aliens ".

Due to the constraints placed on the canal by its incomplete design, the Ellesmere Canal struggled financially throughout its operating life as an industrial waterway.

On 6 April further attempts were made and in the confusion the charges that had been placed on the Bouzencourt Bridge were fired and it was dropped into the Somme Canal.

On March 4, 2010, the EPA announced that it had placed the Gowanus Canal on its Superfund National Priorities List.

The main building of the University, Ca ’ Foscari Palace, is placed in a strategic position on the bend of the Grand Canal, in the heart of the city.

The main seat of the University is Ca ’ Foscari Palace, the Venetian Gothic building placed in the largest bend of the Grand Canal.

In an unusual meeting of old and new transport technology, the pillars supporting the flyovers over the Birmingham Canal Navigations had to be carefully placed to enable a horse-drawn canal boat to pass under the interchange without fouling the towing rope.

The facilities were placed under control of Dr. Louis Companyo, the former head of sanitation at the Suez Canal.

The Morris Canal Company had placed a dam on the Rockaway River and diverted water for its own purposes, thus reducing the volume of flow over the falls and threatening the society's ventures.

At their height the Manchester Docks were the third busiest port in Britain, but due to containerisation and the limit placed on vessel size by the Manchester Ship Canal, the docks declined swiftly during the 1970s.

However, Isma ' il's policies placed Egypt and Sudan in severe debt, leading to the sale of the country's shares in the Suez Canal Company to the United Kingdom, and his ultimate toppling from power at British hands.

The Canal has been placed on the National and State Register of Historic Places through the efforts of the Portage Canal Society, Inc.

Ca ' Foscari palace is located on the widest bend of the Grand Canal, where during the Historical Regatta a floating wooden structure known as la machina is placed ( on this structure the Venetian authorities sit and look at the race ); this also the spot where the arrival line is set and where the prize-giving takes place.

In return they acquired Heligoland, strategically placed for control over the German Bight, which with the construction of the Kiel Canal from 1887 onwards had become essential to Emperor Wilhelm's II plans for expansion of the Imperial Navy.

In 1938, Benito Mussolini demanded that Italy have a sphere of influence in the Suez Canal, specifically demanding that an Italian representative be placed on the company's board of directors.

With the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 ; and completion of Indo-European telegraph line from London to Calcutta, and its extension to China in 1871 ; placed most British banks ( including Chartered Bank ) to expand and develop its business.

No. 9 Commando was placed in reserve, with the intention the commando would execute an attack on Port Garibaldi after the next canal, the Valetta Canal, had been captured.

The Derby Canal had been opened in 1793 but, due to financial restrictions placed on it by Parliament, and the complex local politics of the day it had not been a resounding success.

For several months, Horne was placed in charge of the Suez Canal defences ( and given command of the XV Corps ).