Frequently Asked Questions:

These are some of the questions that people have asked Lance Metz, the historian for the National Canal Museum, in the past.

A.    Dear Spencer,
                The work on the canals began in xxxx, y years after so and so organized the first canal company.  It took q years for the canal to arrive at z.
         -Lance

Q.    Dear Lance,
               What kinds of machines did they use to build the canals? 
        -Kaye

A.    Dear Kaye,
               The soft material was dug out by hand.  Even the blasting holes in rock were drilled by hand.  People from many part of the world came to work digging the canal, many of them from Ireland.
         -Lance

Address your questions to Lance Metz at <archives@canals.org>.

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