Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 10:53 on 19 May 2003:

 BF> There ain't no Queen Mary's here you know.

I'm sure there are not.  But canals in North America were built to handle
barge traffic.

 BF> Even in the old Rome they had aqueducts.

Especially in Roman times.  It says something about the evolution of
technology that they would build an aqueduct to carry water and that we now
move water through pipes with the help of pump stations.
 
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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