11 sentences with 'canal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word canal and other words derived from it.
• « Also, although canals had existed since ancient times, there was a great canal building boom in the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century. »
• « Canals linked Manchester to the coalfields, the Erie Canal was built in the US to link the Great Lakes to the east coast, and even Russia built a canal between Moscow and St Petersburg. »
• « Manchester was close to important coal deposits, had a large textile industry, was linked to the sea by a canal from 1761, and had an army of artisans and labourers due to its historical role as a wool-producing location. »
• « Thus, in the summer of 1956, Egyptian President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. From then on, all traffic passing through the vital canal would be regulated directly by Egypt. Stung by the nationalisation, Britain and France conspired to reassert control. »
• « Root canal treatment removes the damaged interior of the tooth and fills it with a sealant, allowing it to continue to function well. The sealed tooth not only lasts a lifetime in most cases, but can also be healthier. »
• « Twenty-five percent of those who preferred tooth extraction to root canal treatment were motivated by fear of pain. But recent advances in anaesthesiology make root canal treatment almost painless. »
• « Even short waterways, such as the two-and-a-half mile canal that circled the rapids of the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, proved to be a breakthrough, in this case opening up a river route from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. »
• « Chartered in 1817 by the state of New York, the canal took seven years to complete. When it opened in 1825, it dramatically lowered the cost of shipping and reduced travel time westward. »
• « The success of the Erie Canal led to other similar projects. The Wabash and Erie Canal, opened in the early 1840s, stretched 450 miles, making it the longest canal in North America. »
• « Secretary of State Clay championed what was known as the American System of high tariffs, a national bank, and federally sponsored internal canal and road improvements. »