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Map of the Dismal Swamp Canal, drawn by civil engineer D. S. Walton, 1867 Deep Creek Lock, located in Deep Creek, Virginia, separates the salt water of Deep Creek from the fresh water of Dismal Swamp Canal. In the Colonial period, water transportation was the lifeblood of the North Carolina sounds region and the Tidewater areas of Virginia. The ...
As a Los Angeles based correspondent at CBS News, Luciano has led the network's coverage of California [27] and Oregon wildfires, [28] BLM protests in Portland, [29] immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, [30] the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival, [31] she covered the historic 2021 tornadoes in Kentucky, [32] the oil spill in Southern California, [33] among other ...
Dutch Gap Canal is located on the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia just north of the lost 17th-century town of Henricus. The canal's construction was initiated by Union forces during the American Civil War to bypass a meander loop of the river around a peninsula known as Farrar's Island that was controlled by Confederate artillery.
Al Roker is the weather and feature anchor of NBC News' TODAY, as well as the co-host of the 3rd hour of TODAY. He joined in January 1996. Click here for more of Al Roker’s career highlights.
Savannah Guthrie may have a name synonymous with the famous city in Georgia, but the TODAY anchor is Australia-born. The name Savannah, according to Nameberry , means “flat, tropical grassland.”
When Craig Melvin was announced as Hoda Kotb’s replacement on the Today show for 2025, coanchor Savannah Guthrie and the entire NBC family were quick to celebrate the news. At the time, Kotb ...
Construction of the bridge and Alexandria Canal began in 1833, and both were completed in 1843. [3] To withstand Potomac ice floes, the piers were made of gneiss, with icebreakers made of granite. [4] The water-filled bridge was a weatherproofed-timber, queen-post truss construction. [5] The bridge was 110 feet (33.5 m) wide across the top.
Proposed by Governor of New York De Witt Clinton, the Erie was the first canal project undertaken as a public good to be financed at public risk through the issuance of bonds. [9] When the project was completed in 1825, the canal linked the Hudson River to Lake Erie via 83 separate locks and over a distance of 363 miles (584 km).