To: moose07
Such men of vision amaze me. I didn’t see the internet boom, the social media boom, and I’m sure I wont see the next boom :)
Foresight isn’t one of my strong points and admire such men who have vision of what tomorrow can bring!!!
2 posted on
07/31/2016 2:34:32 AM PDT by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
So simple ,yet so revolutionary.
A ditch wide enough to float boats along.
Genius. :)
Canals have been around for a long time previously, but it’s seeing the need and having the B*lls to act on it.
3 posted on
07/31/2016 2:39:38 AM PDT by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Putting a Gorilla Suit in a Washing machine is a BAD move.)
To: All
To: dp0622
I wish I could be a man of vision...and I’m a female.
To: dp0622
To: dp0622
The European / British Industrial Revolution created and fed off of the canals that were the equivalent of the next age's railroads. A loaded canal boat could carry 25-30 times the cargo of a wagon with the same horse-power (donkey or ox). This moved supplies and finished good from where they were found to where they were needed at an enormous cost & energy savings!
Here in the US, the most famous canal is/was the Erie Canal (1825). It was not the first nor the last but probably the most successful. Shipping costs dropped from $100/ton to $8/ton at its height. It opened up the Great Lakes area for domestic and international access (locking in New York City as THE Atlantic port city!)
Internationally, canals were game changers. I was reminded of one of the greatest ones while watching this year's Tour de France when they crossed the Canal du Midi. Connecting the Atlantic / Bay of Biscay at the Gironde Estuary to the Mediterranean Sea at Sete. Completed in 1681, it is reputed to have dropped the price of wheat in Southern France about 70%.
15 posted on
07/31/2016 4:08:51 AM PDT by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: dp0622
Bridgewater is the Stage Coach Capital of Texas.
The town achieved fame and commerce by building a bridge to permit passage of the Overland Stage on the Butterfield Trail, the first transcontinental contract for the US Mail
23 posted on
07/31/2016 5:00:12 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
To: dp0622
In fact, in the BBC TV series
The Day the Universe Changed, one episode specifically deal with Brindley's work in building those canals and how
THAT drastically altered England--a change the kicked off the Industrial Revolution in England because goods could be moved faster and in larger quantities than ever before.
Indeed, these canals was how Sampson Lloyd II and James Barclay expanded their banking empires in England.
29 posted on
07/31/2016 5:35:48 AM PDT by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: dp0622
30 posted on
07/31/2016 5:38:51 AM PDT by
gattaca
(Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
To: dp0622
One of my buds who first introduced me to a desktop said someday, everyone will have one in their home. I said...yeh...right.
I think it was about 1980.
To: dp0622
If not mentioned down thread, Google Falkirk Wheel.
47 posted on
07/31/2016 7:50:36 AM PDT by
Stentor
(Every time I read "Trump needs..." I release the catch on my Browning.)
To: dp0622
Great article, very interesting. Thanks for posting it.
48 posted on
07/31/2016 8:11:34 AM PDT by
jocon307
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