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Canal across the Maryland Delaware peninsula proposed
A contributor to The Mining Journal outlines a proposed Maryland Delaware ship canal to shorten Baltimore’s reach to the Atlantic Ocean by five hours. Seven routes are said to be surveyed with costs from 8.5 million to 41.6 million dollars and lengths of 106 to 140 miles. The Baltimore city council supports pushing congress to back the plan, though expert caution cites the Manchester canal’s heavy deficits and rising taxes as warning.
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