Excerpt from Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915: Waterways and Irrigation In the second class may be placed the Well known canal systems in European countries, and in this country the old Erie Canal, now being replaced by the - ton barge canal, for which the original estimate was the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, known as the Hennepin Canal; St. Marys Falls Canal, Welland Canal, and a number of smaller and less known examples. These canals have been so well described in the past and are so well known that no attempt will be made to discuss them here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.