Like any major route, the canal played several roles, all of them indispensable to the empire.
By 735, no less than 149, 000, 000kg of grain was being shipped along the canal each year.
Day three takes you to Xochimilco, the canal district 26km south of the city centre.
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As the canal was finished in 1882, Shakespeare would probably not have taken this exact route.
And the canal became a lifeline for communication, with government couriers running messages up and down the waterway.
They say the electric barrier in the shipping canal is keeping the carp at bay.
The canal enthusiasts could be given shares in the firm, to reward them for their efforts.
Sections of the canal need to be drained of water in order to complete the work.
"I'm glad to say we got them up through the canal fine today, " said Mr Worthington.
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Sunday morning we entered the Pacific side of the Panama Canal at the Miraflores locks.
It won't be long before Colombian rebel forces pose a credible threat to the Panama Canal.
The Canal and Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and residents of Onley also support the plans.
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Mrs Khan recalled her horror at discovering her son had fallen in the canal.
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This is blocking the Orinoco river's navigation canal, causing problems for industry further upstream.
During the 1956 Suez Canal crisis shipping companies tried to be relieved of their obligations.
Drowned when the vehicle he was in overturned in a canal after sliding down a bank.
He said he had planned to take the boat through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt.
Seagram has merged with Vivendi and Canal Plus to create the world's second biggest media group.
The Panama Canal is expecting to double its traffic once the new locks are completed.
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Ms Cabrera was involved in youth education programmes for the state-owned Canal 8 television station.
To stop the Nicaraguans from completing a canal to compete with our own in Panama.
Don't bother to bring a bathing suit as the canal's waters are not conducive to swimming.
Before Saturday, the canal, a global shipping route, was considered off-limits by protesters, correspondents say.
"This is not the Corps that built the Panama Canal, " said Joe Bruno, another plaintiffs' attorney.
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The MDHearingAid also sits behind the ear with a plastic dome in the ear canal.
The Droitwich Barge Canal was one of the first in England, opening in 1771.
Troops got to the center by pushing across bridges over a canal west of Basra.
You've been in New Orleans, along Canal Street in the French district, in the French Quarters.
By 1889, eight years after work began, only a third of the canal had been excavated.
Were it not for the support of its parent, Canal Plus would probably have gone bust.
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