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Cape Cod canal a private eight mile rival to Panama
The Cape Cod canal project in Massachusetts is nearing completion as a private venture led by August Belmont with chief engineer William Barclay Parsons. It will connect Vineyard Haven Sound to Buzzards Bay, boast a 25 foot depth, 260 foot wide channel, and total cost around 12 million dollars.
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Charles N. Lurie
Panama Canal
United States
Caps Cod Canal
Massachusetts Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Bustards Bay
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Canal
New England
Monument
Belmont
August Belmont
New York
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission of New York
Consulting Board of Engineers
Panama
Suez
Vineyard Haven Sound
Southern
Boston
Jacob W. Miller
United States Navy
Journal of the’American Society of Naval Engineers
Miller
Barnstable
Massachusetts) Bay
Bugzards Bay
Maine
Gulf of Mexico
Admiral Schroeder
Qiant Dreage
Mackenzie
Buzzards Bay
American Press Association