canals

Photographs and text provide a detailed description of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian desert which allows water transport between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation of Africa, with information on the construction of the landmark in the mid-nineteenth century, and its subsequent enlargement, maintenance, and use.

Twelve-year-old Eva's chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canalboat.

Details events surrounding the building of the Panama Canal, covering its origins, construction, and function, as well as the transfer of its control from the United States to Panama.

Nine-year-old Asa helps his father by leading the mules that pull his canal boat.

In 1842, eleven-year-old twins, whose father runs a boat on the Juniata Canal in Pennsylvania, learn of a Harrisburg bookseller's plan to steal Charles Dickens's newly finished novel while Dickens himself is touring the U.S.

An informative essay about a trip across the Erie Canal, complemented by photographs.

Discusses the canals found around the world, the barges which use them, and the people who operate these boats.

This book describes different types of canals and how people use canals.