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	Manchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The district of Moss Side gained a particular reputation for gang violence, although substantial community and police initiatives have helped rejuvinate the area.
		The Canal Street area of the city is well known as the 'Gay Village' and the city itself has now been designated as the 'Gay Capital of the UK'.
		One legacy of the industrial revolution is an extensive network of canals : the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Rochdale Canal, Manchester Ship Canal which provides access to the sea, Bridgewater Canal,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manchester

	Introduction to Industrial Montreal
		The building of the Lachine Canal, a waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, was a significant event in the history of Montreal.
		The government rented industrial lots along the canal and allowed factories to take a certain quantity of water directly from the canal through regulated intakes.
		The banks of the canal made prime locations for factories in need of water—either to provide power to drive their machines and for use in their production process.
	blackader.library.mcgill.ca /industrial/intro.html

	Panama Canal Zone
		Marshal Gogins was the last of 10 U.S. Marshals appointed to the District of the Canal Zone since its establishment in 1914.
		The passing of an era for the Marshals Service was marked on March 31, 1982 when the U.S. Marshal for the District of the Canal Zone closed the door to his office there for the last time.
		The closing of the U.S. Marshal's office was in conjunction with the termination on that date of the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in Panama, and was marked by a closing ceremony in the District Court presided over by U.S. District Judge Morey L. Sear.
	www.usdoj.gov /marshals/history/panama

	Committed for Development of Telangana
		The result was that Mahaboobnagar district remained drought prone and poorest district in Andhra Pradesh state, with percentage of irrigation recording as low as 4.61% of its shown area in 1996 -97, in spite of the fact that three big rivers Krishna Thungabadra and Bheema flowing through it.
		The entire district lies in Krishna basin and it is at the head of the basin in the state.
		The Karnataka State misguided the Krishna water disputes tribunal stating that there was no administrative sanction from Gadwal branch canal beyond Mile 141 and the Andhra Pradesh State accepted the result.
	www.telangana.com /Irrigation/krishnaproj.htm (3170 words)

	NJAA 'CHALLENGE MATCH' Championship History
		Barnsley and District AS Barnsley and District AS Rochdale Canal
		Barnsley and District AS Barnsley and District AS Aire and Calder Canal
		The NJAA 'Challenge' match was introduced in 1994, and is always fished on the first Saturday in October.
	www.njaa.org.uk /trophy_challenge.html (40 words)

	Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd.
		The Narmada Main Canal passes through Tilakwada taluka of Narmada district, Halol and Kalol talukas of Panchmahal district, Naswadi, Sankheda, Vadodara and Sawali talukas of Vadodara district, Kathlal, Kapadwanj and Thasara talukas of Kheda district, Gandhinagar, Kalol and Dehgam talukas of Gandhinagar district and Kadi taluka of Mehsana district.
		The works of the Narmada Main Canal (NMC), starting from its point of origin in Narmada district to Kadi taluka in district Mehsana, have been completed up to 263 km.
		Also, drawing water from the Main Canal by machines, submersible pumps or any other equipment is strictly prohibited and the bank, dowel, service road and lining of the Main Canal should not be damaged by anyone.
	www.sardarsarovardam.org /press/press03.htm (40 words)

	Buckingham Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Buckingham Canal is a salt water navigation canal, running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India for 420 km, from Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh to Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu.
		The canal was taken over by the government of Madras Presidency in 1837 and further extended, ultimately reaching 315 km north of Chennai to Peddaganjam on the Krishna River in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, and 103 km south of Chennai to Marakkanam in Tamil Nadu.
		257 km of the canal are in Andhra Pradesh, and 163 km are in Tamil Nadu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckingham_Canal (40 words)

	MUTTRA - LoveToKnow Article on MUTTRA
		The famine of 1878 was sev~rely felt The eastern half of the district is watered by the Agra canal which is navigable, and the western half by branches of th Ganges canal.
		The eastern half consists for the most part of a rich upland plain, abundantly irrigated by wells, rivers and canals, while the western portion, though rich in mythological association and antiquarian remains, is comparatively unfavoured by nature.
		A branch of the Rajputana railway, fron Achnera to Hathras, crosses the district; the chord line of tb East India, from Agra to Delhi.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MU/MUTTRA.htm (720 words)

	General
		It is bounded on the north by the Etah, on the east by the Farrukhabad, on the south by the Etawah and the Agra and on the west by the Agra and the Etah districts.
		It is boounded on the north by the Etah district,on theeast by Mainpuri tahsil, on the south by shikohabad tahsil and on the west by Firozabad and Jalesar tahsils of the Agra and Etah districts.
		on the south and west it is bounded by the Agra district, with the river Yamuna as the dividing line on the south, on the north by the Jasrana and Mainpuri tahsils; on the east by the Karhal tahsil and on the south-east by the Etawah district.
	mainpuri.nic.in /chapter1.htm (6131 words)

	Chellaston - Parish Descriptions & Trade Directory Extracts
		CHELLASTON is a parish 4 miles south-south-east from Derby, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, rural district of Shardlow, petty sessional division and county court district of Derby, rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry and diocese of Derby.
		CHELLASTON is a parish and station on a branch of the Midland railway, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, union of Shardlow, county court district of Derby, rural deanery of Stanton-by-Bridge, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield, 130 miles from London and 4½ south-south-east from Derby.
		CHELLASTON is a parish and village, and railway station 4 miles S.W. of Derby, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, archdeaconry of Derby, and rural deanery of Castillar.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /%7Ebrett/chellaston/chellaston_trade.htm (6131 words)

	Uhlerstown Village and Rural Historic District
		The Uhlerstown Village and Rural Historic District is a rare surviving example of a village and surrounding countryside that conveys an understanding of the development of a commercial village in a rural area, The pre-canal agricultural land use continued and prospered as Michael Uhler developed his vast business enterprise.
		The Uhlerstown Village and Rural Historic District is significant for commerce and transportation criteria, for the influence of Michael Uhler who was chiefly responsible for the village's commercial development, for architecture for its representative early 19th to early 20th century architectural styles.
		The village of Uhlerstown is significant for its association with the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal and for its commercial and industrial impact on the region.
	www.livingplaces.com /pa/bucks/historicdistricts/uhlerstown/uhlerstownhistdist.html (2032 words)

	Erie Canal
		Fate of Buffalo Canal District tied to ageless impact of Erie Canal
		Buffalo Canal District Excavation: Preservation Coalition Tour and Demonstration November 20, 1999
		Canal District is potential "cultural landscape," linking Buffalo's future to its past
	preserve.bfn.org /canal/canal.html (494 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter IX, The Black River Canal.
		Meantime the contemplated movement of diverting the waters of Black river to supply the Black River canal and Erie canal feeder aroused opposition from owners of the surplus water of the river at the Fish Island dam in the village of Dexter, located near the mouth of the river in the county of Jefferson.
		The Black river canal was desired for the purpose of counteracting these disastrous effects, and enriching that portion of the state.
		The people of the Black river region were not remiss in seeking for their localities a share of the prosperity that was so apparent along the route of the Erie.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap09.html (14888 words)

	The Great Connection
		Most of the proposed right-of-way in on property owned by public agencies including: the cities of Franklin, Middletown and Hamilton, as well as the Ohio Department of Transportation, Metro Parks of Butler County and the Miami Conservancy District.
		The Miami Conservancy District in Butler County got $440,000 to build a 3.2 mile path along the Great Miami River from Crains Run MetroPark to just South of Franklin.
		This money will add to the Great Connection that the Conservancy District is building from Montgomery County south 18 miles along the river.
	www.miamivalleytrails.org /great.htm (14888 words)

	WWDC 2003 Legislative Report - Project 049
		Due to the length of the canal this study was established on a two-year time line focusing on solutions to the problems facing the Green River Canal Irrigators.
		The Green River Canal water is transported through Cottonwood Creek.
		Water is delivered to 5,830 acres from Cotton Wood Creek and the Green River.
	wwdc.wrds.uwyo.edu /legreport/2003/proj049.html (129 words)

	newpage4
		In 1889 the Illinois General Assembly passed a law creating the Chicago Sanitary District; the District’s first and major accomplishment was the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, begun in 1892 and completed in 1900.
		From Calumet Sag Survey (Illinois and Indiana) Area Map, Sheet no. 2 of 33, December 1931, U. Engineers Office, First District, Chicago.
		According to Ray Christianson, Smith had agreed to have Smith’s brother-in-law design the ship’s powerplant installation, a design which, in Christianson’s estimation, had been gravely flawed, since the Winton Diesels had never been intended to drive off the front of their shafts.
	www.wright.edu /~william.lafferty/newpage4.htm (129 words)

	newpage4
		In 1889 the Illinois General Assembly passed a law creating the Chicago Sanitary District; the District’s first and major accomplishment was the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, begun in 1892 and completed in 1900.
		Although intended primarily for sanitary purposes, both the Sanitary and Ship Canal and Cal-Sag Canal were quite deep, with a minimum depth of 22 feet for the former and 20 feet for the latter, to provide for the large volumes of water they were intended to evacuate from the Chicago region.
		From Calumet Sag Survey (Illinois and Indiana) Area Map, Sheet no. 2 of 33, December 1931, U. Engineers Office, First District, Chicago.
	www.wright.edu /~william.lafferty/newpage4.htm (129 words)

	Lancaster, Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City of Lancaster and the Borough of Morecambe merged in 1974 to form the District of Lancaster within the "shire" county of Lancashire.This was given city status and Lancaster City Council is the local governing body for the district.
		Lancaster is the historic county town of Lancashire, having given its name to the County Palatine of Lancashire.
		Lancaster gained its first charter in 1193 as a market town and borough, but was not given the status of a city until 1937.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster,_England (1278 words)

	Maritime Administration of the Ports o Vyborg ad Vysotsk — Vyborg — Saimaa Canal
		The importance of the waterways of the Saimaa Lake District was significantly enhanced in 1968 when they were again connected with the Gulf of Finland through the Saimaa Canal and when so-called the deep channels were dredged in Lake Saimaa.
		The passage depth permitted in the channel departing for the Saimaa Canal is 4.35 m, calculated from the water level of MW - 0.25 m.
		A permit to navigate in the Canal may be garanted upon appIications to vessels whose dimensions slightly exceed the dimentions mentioned above if the structure and properties of the vessel are otherwise suitablefor navigation in the Canal.
	www.pgf.ru /about_c_6_en.htm (1278 words)

	National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
		The Locks and Canals District encompasses all of the canals in the city of Lowell, their associated locks, and the mills that were powered by the canals.
		This canal system led to the supremacy of Lowell as the cotton textile manufacturing center of the United States, and contributed to the evolution of the first major American industrial city.
		The Upper Pawtucket Canal and Canal Guard Locks Reach should be rehabilitated; the Hamilton Wasteway Gate House should be documented by HABS/HAER and restored.
	tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1675&ResourceType=District (247 words)

	Swansea and its hinterland [4]
		The terminus of the canal, completed 1798, enabled the cargoes of the barges to be unloaded along the embankment, whence tramways ran down the slope to the wharves between the Pottery and Hafod Isha Copperworks and their loads were tipped direct into the holds of the vessels in the river.
		The Neath Abbey area, where the remains of first copper furnace in the Swansea District was located, had the advantages over Cornwall itself, for smelting purposes, of sea coals and local forests for wood for charcoal, both of which were lacking in Cornwall.Plus the accessibility of the Neath River to the furnaces.
		Eventually, the canal bill passed in 1794 stipultaed that the canal was to be " from a certain place called the Brewery Bank with the Borough of Swansea to Hen Noyadd in the Parish of Ystradgynlais in the county of Brecon".
	home.clara.net /tirbach/HelpPagepearlsSwansea4.html (247 words)

	chaoyang
		A fter Tongzhou was elevated from a county to a district of Beijing1997, development of infrastructure has been an important strategy in Tongzhou's development.
		Investment from the central government and Tongzhou district on infrastructure totable nearly 5 billion yuan.
		W ater transportation is developed in Tongzhou since antiquity.The Grand Canal links with the Tonghui River which lead directly to Summer Palace.
	english.bjta.gov.cn /quxian/tongxian/modem.htm (247 words)

	Mölln : Moelln
		It rapidly became an important town, due to the Old Salt Route and the Stecknitz Canal, which was a precursor of the today's Elbe-Luebeck Canal.
		Although situated in the midst of the medieval duchy of Lauenburg, the town was mortgaged to the Hanseatic town of Lübeck, which ruled Mölln from 1359 to 1683.
	www.fastload.org /mo/Moelln.html (145 words)

	Kelheim - a world harbour in Bavaria behind the "devil's wall"
		After the finishing of the connection by canal from the river Main to the river Donau Kelheim is now one harbour town on one main important European water road and ships with freight from everywhere of the world bring now prosperity to the town.
		This canal was a great luck for the town.
		Kelheim is located on the cross point of two rivers in Bavaria, the river Altmühl and Donau.
	www.airport-shuttle-munich.com /kelheimus.htm (1748 words)

	EnvironmentNEPAL - ESSAY
		The canal would enter the country somewhere around Ilam district in the east, traverse the midland region to the neighbourhood of Parasi district and head west to exit Nepal in the vicinity of Pancheswar at the western end, carving though the Himalayan landscape.
		The proposal for this canal was first made in 1869, but its implementation was held up due to local opposition, particularly by the influential talukdars of Awadh, landowning magnates on whom the British depended to maintain their rule in the region.
		By contrast, the proposed canal capacity was 2,000 m3/s.
	www.environmentnepal.com.np /riverlink.asp (3964 words)

	Bude Canal Society Newsletter No.10
		Bude Canal Society and Bude Canal Trust were asked by the Inland Waterways Association’s National Restoration Committee to apply for a grant towards the restoration of the Bude Canal Sea Lock to support the fund-raising effort required by North Cornwall District Council.
		It is a gem for the explorer of industrial archaeology and canal buff alike, having been compiled with enormous care and attention to detail after much painstaking research from records and in the field.
		The householder understood that the wooden wheel built into her staircase was a pattern for a cast iron wheel which was used as a part of the overhead mechanism at the top of one of the inclined planes on the Bude Canal.
	www.bude-canal.freeserve.co.uk /newsletter/bcs10.htm (3451 words)

	Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd
		This tells that the canal was twenty-eight feet wide at top water and sixteen feet at the bottom and four and a half feet deep - the sloping sides being intended to prevent erosion.
		Built between 1794 and 1797 as the Ogley Locks Section of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, the right to navigation was extinguished by Act of Parliament in 1954 and much of the canal was subsequently infilled.
		This was purchased in 1995 by Lichfield District Council, financed by a Derelict Land Grant and licensed to the Trust.
	www.lhcrt.org.uk /lich.htm (3451 words)

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