Answers to Canal Fill-in-the Blank and Crossword Puzzle

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1.  A bridge for boats was called an aqueduct.

2.  A canal is a waterway used to haul cargo and people.

3.  Materials, or cargo, was hauled on canal boats.

4.  A specific type of cargo that heated houses and cooked food was coal.

5.  A conch shell signaled locktenders.

6.  A dam created slackwater pools.

7.  A deigned piece of wood that held a lantern was a dasher.

8.  The person responsible for taking care of the mules was a hoggee.

9.  An incline plane hauled boats over hills on railcars.

10.  A boat elevator was a lock.

11.  The person who was responsible for the lock was the locktender.

12.  A mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse.

13.  A headlight for canal boats was called a nighthawker.

14.  A packet boat carried passengers only.

15.  The mules walked on the towpath.

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