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Idle Waterways
Nock, Albert Jay | October 5, 1918 issue

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The article discusses idleness of American waterways. At the present time, with rail transportation strained to the utmost, attention is being drawn to the fact that America has a fairly complete and extremely valuable system of inland waterways so long disused that many are unaware of its existence. The canal preceded the railway and came under railway control, which led in most cases, to its prompt abandonment. There are only 632 miles of private canals in operation in the United States; and 90 per cent of this total is controlled by railways, and is so nearly in disuse that it may be called virtually abandoned.

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WATERWAYS; TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; COMMUNICATION & traffic; CANALS; UNITED States
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