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  2. Grand Canal (China) - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Canal (Chinese: 大运河; pinyin: Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers in North and East China, serving as an important waterborne transport infrastructure between the north and the south during Medieval and premodern China.

  3. History of canals in China - Wikipedia

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    These were the Guangtong Canal (廣通渠), Tongji Canal (通濟渠), Shanyang Channel (山陽瀆) and Yongji Canal (永濟渠) which formed the basis of a large scale canal based transport network. At the time of Emperor Jingzong of Tang (r. 824–827) the canal system had become too shallow. This restricted the movement of salt and iron which ...

  4. Aqueduct (water supply) - Wikipedia

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    A constructed functional rill is a small canal or aqueduct of stone, brick, concrete, or other lining material, usually rectilinear in cross section, for water transportation from a source such as a river, spring, reservoir, qanat, or aqueduct for domestic consumption or agricultural irrigation of crop land uses.

  5. Changzhou Ancient Canal - Wikipedia

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    The headwater of the Changzhou Ancient Canal is derives from Grate Kei Lane [2] and reaches Dongpo Park (Chinese: 东坡公园) in the north.If one takes the Huafang Ship [3] from Grate dustpan-shaped vessel lane wharf from which Qianlong Emperor has asored [clarification needed] several times, there is an ancient alley full of historical sites, archaic rhyme and literary quotations.

  6. Inside the $5.5 billion canal that will connect Paris to ...

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    The 66-mile canal will connect with waterways capable of ... of bridges to be built, a river to redirect and a grand plan to raise the ... due to its sheer size and scale – over 107 kilometers ...

  7. List of transcontinental canals - Wikipedia

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    The Canal des Deux Mers (English: Two Seas Canal) has been used to describe two different but similar things since the 1660s. In some cases, it describes the entire path from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, including two canals, the Canal du Midi and the Canal Latéral de la Garonne. In others it is used interchangeably with the Canal du ...

  8. Scale ruler - Wikipedia

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    A scale ruler is a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length; two common examples are an architect's scale and engineer's scale.In scientific and engineering terminology, a device to measure linear distance and create proportional linear measurements is called a scale.

  9. The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San ...

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    The viewer's vantage point is in the middle of the canal, surrounded by gondolas, barges, and the buildings lining the banks. Many of the structures depicted by Canaletto still stand today, for example Palazzo Flangini , the building at far left, which retains its off-center entrance portal. [ 2 ]