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Though and canal
Though the canal closed in 1873, the building of several different railroads kept the community as a place for trade.
Though located on the opposite side of the river from the Wabash and Erie Canal, Williamsport sought to draw shipping traffic by constructing a short cut-off canal.
Though no precise details are known of the club's foundation, comprehensive research by historian Jeff Kent indicated that it was probably formed in 1879 as an offshoot of Porthill Victoria football club and took its name from its location, in the valley of canal ports.
Though the construction of the Erie Canal destroyed much of the ford for which the village is named, remnants of an unnamed and often submerged island can still be seen southwest of the entrance to the canal.
Though heavily polluted, the canal is nonetheless occupied by a few dozen houseboats.
Though the canal was opened to Daingean ( then Philipstown ) in 1797, serious breaches occurred and Jessop was forced to abandon this method.
Though surpassed by many tunnels today, it remains one of the world's longest canal tunnels and one of the greatest engineering feats of its day.
Though the canal's opening was greeted with great enthusiasm and anticipation, the canal was scarcely used and was completely idle by 1919.

Though and nominally
Though Djibouti is nominally neutral, it broke off relations with Eritrea in November 1998, renewing relations in 2000.
Though each and every state chartered bank issued its own redeemable currency, because of its denomination in US dollars, each bank's currency was nominally the same as any other banks currency.
Though the title of Earl was nominally equal to the continental duke, unlike them earls were not de facto rulers in their own right.
Though nominally loyal to the king, the concept of kingship was new to the Lombards and the dukes were highly independent, especially in central and southern Italy, where the Duke of Spoleto and the Duke of Benevento were de facto sovereigns.
Though nominally still husband and wife, resident in the same house, they were for all intents and purposes living separate lives.
Though Venice was nominally a Republic, high office was reserved only for the city's wealthy noble elite.
Though he contributed two tracks to 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, it was mostly produced by Daz and Johnny J despite Dre being nominally titled as Executive Producer.
Though nominally claimed as his cathedral, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin uses St Mary's in Malborough Street in Dublin as his pro-cathedral ( acting cathedral ).
Though the Hamiltons are nominally his masters, Peter views them more as his charges and acts as the protector of Pittypat, her niece and nephew throughout their lives.
Though nominally a neutral nation during World War I, Norway was in the unenviable position of being dependent on the warring sides for its trade.
Though nominally led by Sigismund, it lacked command cohesion.
Though it is nominally forbidden for Outer Party members to trade with proles, all do it because they are the only source for certain minor necessities ( the novel mentions shoelaces and razor blades as examples ).
Though nominally independent, the Central Bank of Iceland was historically expected to follow the lead of the central government.
Though nominally favouring a classless, moneyless, egalitarian society, in recent years the Bund's newspaper has printed a number of nationalistic, anti-immigration articles.
Though the Treaty of Devol in 1108 nominally restored a Greek patriarch, the treaty was never enforced.
Though nominally an ally in the coalition, Russia remained a dormant entity for much of the year ( giving virtually no military aid to Prussia in the main battles that October, as Russian armies were still mobilising ).
Though nominally an independent country, Egypt had been effectively under British control since the late nineteenth century.
Though The Vigils ' president is nominally the school's star boxer and football player, John Carter, The Vigils are run de facto by Archie, whose title is the " Assigner " and who personally crafts each of the group's often elaborate pranks, which the other members of The Vigils unquestioningly carry out.
Though nominally under Seleucid control, Philetaerus, especially after the death of Seleucus, had considerable autonomy and was able with the help of his considerable wealth to increase his power and influence beyond Pergamon.
Though nominally created for use by the state government and National Guard units, the arms have seen little use since their creation in 1957.
Though it convinced the Kutama of Kabylie, the Fatimids ' Ismaili doctrine remained unpopular in most of North Africa, and the Fatimids themselves abandoned Algeria for Egypt as soon as they could, leaving North Africa to a dynasty only nominally subject to them, the Zirids.
Though he nominally managed Flair, Heenan's former protégé Mr. Perfect, who temporarily retired due to injury, would regularly accompany Flair to ringside as his " Executive Consultant ".
Though nominally a Presbyterian he had assisted the intolerant and despotic government of the Duke of Lauderdale in 1678 with 1700 men.
Though CIÉ remained nominally committed to its planned redevelopment, the vibrancy of the Temple Bar area led to demands for its preservation.

Though and crosses
Though modern warmbloods are descended from heavier agricultural types systematically upgraded by hotblood influence, the term does not imply that Warmbloods are direct crosses of " cold " and " hot ".
Though considered to belong to the London Borough of Croydon about one third of the town ( from Stanford way ) crosses over to the London Borough of Merton.
Though completely equivalent in conceptual content to temperature, β is generally considered a more fundamental quantity than temperature owing to the phenomenon of negative temperature, in which β is continuous as it crosses zero where T has a singularity.

Though and five
Though a losing season, this was a 26-game improvement over 2004, and sufficient for second place in a woefully weak NL West, five games behind the San Diego Padres.
Though less than five percent of its land is arable, the province is agriculturally rich ( particularly in the Fraser and Okanagan Valleys ) because of its mild weather.
Though the Panthers were heavy favorites, the Cardinals won 33-13, intercepting Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme five times.
Though he never won the Oscar for directing, he was nominated five times in the category.
Though the five lakes reside in separate basins, they form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water.
Its iconography illustrating the donor's career gives an edited version of Pius ' life, passing over his former support of the antipope Felix V. Though Pinturrichio labored for five years, the books never reached their splendid destination ; yet the Piccolomini Library is a monument of the High Renaissance in Siena.
Though Otto I preferred Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of former Byzantine Emperor Romanos II, as she was born in the purple, her age ( then only five years old ) prevented serious consideration by the East.
Though all five are non-human animals, Pluto alone is not dressed as a human.
Though it ran five nights a week from 1957 – 1970, fewer than 100 episodes are known to survive, and many of the surviving episodes are edited prints made for rebroadcast across Australia.
Though the population of Asharoken has changed little in recent years, as of 2009 the police force has ballooned to 11 officers, a supervising officer-in-charge, five cars and a boat patrolling land and water.
Though Rockwall County is the smallest county in Texas, it is also one of the top five fastest growing counties in the United States.
Though the band was officially a ten-piece ensemble, only five members ( Elfman, Bartek, Avila, Hernandez and Fitzgerald ) were pictured in the album's liner notes.
Though at least five years older, she tried ( but failed ) to convince Ritchie to join her in a mariage blanc so she could get a work permit.
Though banned by retailers like Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, this version went through five editions of 1, 000 copies each.
Though considered by some ( including Jeremy Bentham ) to be an indifferent judge, his Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I ( 1766 ), had a high reputation among historians and constitutional antiquaries, and ran through five editions down to 1796.
Though both Liberator and Universal produced minor hits and the latter also spawned their first Top 20 hit in five years with " Walking On The Milky Way ", McCluskey retired the OMD name in late 1996, due to waning public interest in an 80's synth band at the height of the guitar-based Britpop era.
Though only serving for five years, Whitlock was very influential to Simon's Rock's development.
Though this area covers barely five percent of India's land, 27 % of all species of higher plants in India ( 4, 000 of 15, 000 species ) are found here.
Though it was discovered in 2001 it was proven to be circulating in the population for at least 50 years and that by the age of five most children have already been exposed to it.
Though this musical did not achieve the popularity of the team's five most famous musicals, it was nevertheless a success, and broke new ground by using a mostly Asian cast.
Though there is only one step involved, rather than three or five, this exercise is more advanced because it involves a greater variety of attacks and blocks usually the defenders own choice.
Though they had five children, little is known about the youngest —
Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the whole third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel.
( Though some sources say it took eight blows, the official Tower of London website says it took five blows, while Charles Spencer, in his book Blenheim, claims it was seven.

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