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XVIII.—LENGTHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CANALS, (FINISHED OR INPROGRESS,) IN THE U. STATES.
Miles.
Eric Canal; from Albany to Lake Erie. 363
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ; from Washington City to Pittsburg.341
Grand Pennsylvania Canal; from Columbia, on the Susquehannah river, to Hollidays-burg, 172 miles—thence to Johnstown by a Rail-road of 37 miles, over the Alleghany
mountains—from thence by Canal to Pittsburg , 104 miles.Total 313
Ohio State Canal; from Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, to Cleveland, on Lake Erie. 306
Miami Canal; from Cincinnati to Maumee Bay, Lake Erie ...265
Middle Division, Pennsylvania Canal; from the mouth of the Juniatta river , along the
North Branch of the Susquchannah river, to the southern boundary of New York -204
Delaware and Hudson Canal; from the Hudson river to the Delaware river , 60 mile*—joins the Lackawaxen Canal of 36 miles in length—at Honcsdale connects with a
Rail-road of 17 miles, to Carbondalc.Total 117
Schuylkill Canal and Navigation, from Philadelphia to Port Carbon.. .110
Morris Canal; from Jersey City, opposite New York, to Easton, Pennsylvania , on the
New Orleans and Teche River Canal, from opposite New Orleans to Berwicks Bay,
Attakapas.
Union Canal, commences 4 miles below Reading, on the Schuylkill river—thence toMiddletown on the Susquehannah river, connecting the Schuylkill Navigation with
the Grand Pennsylvania Canal.32
Farmington Canal; from New Haven to Southwick, 58 miles—joins the Hampshire and
Hampden Canal of 20 miles, to Northampton , Massachusetts.78
Champlain Canal; from Albany to Whitehall, Lake Champlain. 72
West Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Canal; from Northumberland, along the W.
Branch of the Susquehannah river, to Bald Eagle creek.68
Savannah and Ogeechee Canal; from Savannah to the Ogeechec river, 16 miles—to beconnected with the Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal, from the Ogeechee to the Altamaha
river, 50 miles.Total 66
Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Canal; from Bristol to Easton, on the Delaware
Delaware and Raritan Canal; from Lambcrton, on the Delaware river, to New Bruns-wick , on the Raritan, 38 miles—to be supplied with water by a navigable Feeder of 20
miles, from Eagle Island, on the Delaware, to the main Canal, at Trenton.Total 58
Cumberland and Oxford Canal; from Bridgeton to Portland, Maine —(partly natural and
partly artificial).50
Lehigh Canal; from Easton to Stoddartsvillc, Pennsylvania.47
Blackstone Canal; from Providence, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts ...45
Oswego Canal, a branch of the Eric Canal; from Syracuse to Oswego, on Lake Ontario , 38James River Canal; from Richmond, Virginia , extending upwards along the north bank
of James river.30J
Middlesex Canal; from Merrimack river to Boston harbor.27
Dismal Swamp Canal, connects Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound.22£
Santee and Cooper River Canal; from Santee river to Charleston , South Carolina.22
Cayiu’a and Seneca Canal; from Geneva to Montezuma, on the Erie Canal.20
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal; from Delaware City to Chesapeake City—connects
Delaware river with Chesapeake bay.14
Port Deposit Canal; from Port Deposit, on the Susquehannah river, to the south bound-ary of Pennsylvania.^.13
[For further statistical tables sec pages 23, 24, 25, 2G, 41, 42, 43, 44, 157, 158.]