Back in Time The Packet Boat-Transportation by Canal

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• Alternative Title:
  The Packet Boat-Transportation by Canal
• Creators:
  Longfellow, Rickie
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Boats Canals Canal Transit History
• Series:
  FHWA Highway History Website Articles
• Resource Type:
  Web Document
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Canals have a long history of providing drinking water, irrigation, and opportunities for travel. In the United States, canal building began in the 1790s to connect the 16 States to western lands for commerce and families seeking to relocate further west. Packet boats, which provided transportation in the canals, have played an important role in American history.
• Content Notes:
  The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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