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Also Known As inland waterway

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Oudegracht
French canal
Midi Canal
Elbe-Havel Canal; Mittelland Canal
Bridgewater Canal
Erie Canal
Suez Canal
Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
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Devizes: Caen Hill Locks
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British engineer
Old Erie Canal
James Geddes
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James Brindley
James Brindley
British engineer
Erie Canal
Benjamin Wright
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Robert Fulton
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