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May 1933 - Canal Authority of the State of Florida was created to construct and maintain a deep-water ship canal across Florida. 1935–1936 - Construction of a ship canal began under the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act of 1935, but work was suspended when Federal funds were depleted.
St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.
The St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal was a planned canal in the state of Florida, 35.2 miles (56.6 km) [1] in length and linking the Intracoastal Waterway and the Indian River 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Oak Hill [2] with the St. Johns River, originally intended to be just south of Lake Harney, [3] but later shifted to be near Lake Monroe, [4] with all but three miles of the route within ...
Florida state law chapter 3500, approved March 1, 1883, [7] gave the company, together with George F. Drew, Jesse J. Finley and George Rainsford Fairbanks of Florida and James S. Bailey of Georgia authority to build the canal in Florida and to extend it along the Gulf coast as far as the western limits of the State, and to connect with any ...
The Istanbul Canal, which would connect the Black and Aegean seas. [1] The Thai Canal, which would cut across the Kra Isthmus; The Nicaragua Canal, alternative of Panama Canal; The Salwa Canal, a proposed Saudi shipping and tourism canal along the border with Qatar; The Northern river reversal in the Soviet Union; The Sulawesi Canal, which ...
More than two dozen canals across South Florida face a mounting risk of spilling over during heavy rains as sea level rise looms in the coming years. Now, officials are renewing calls to improve ...
The 1949 flood led to beefed-up levees on Clear Fork and West Fork through downtown Fort Worth. ... The proposed canals and small lake within the new islands would serve as a secondary flood ...
The canal flows in a south and southeasterly direction for approximately 77 miles, and passes through three counties: Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade. It was constructed in the early part of the 20th century to drain the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). Removing the canal was proposed as part of the Restoration of the Everglades.