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| c. 1500 |
| | The first modern lock gates are installed on a canal in Milan, probably designed by Leonardo da Vinci | |
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| 1642 |
| | The Briare canal, joining the Seine to the Loire, has a staircase of six consecutive locks | |
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| 1681 |
| | The Canal du Midi is completed in France, including at one point a 160-metre tunnel through high ground | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British | |
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| 1802 |
| | A steam tug designed by William Symington, the Charlotte Dundas, goes into service on the Forth and Clyde canal | |
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| 1825 |
| | Work begins on the 363-mile Erie Canal that will link the Hudson River to Lake Erie | |
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| 1832 |
| | The Göta canal is completed, enabling ships to cross Scandinavia from the North Sea to the Baltic | |
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| 1850 |
| | US Secretary of State John Clayton and British ambassador Henry Bulwer come to an agreement about the building of a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific | |
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| 1854 |
| | Ferdinand de Lesseps is granted the concession to construct a canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea | |
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| 1869 |
| | Thousands of distinguished guests assemble at Port Said for the opening of the Suez Canal | |
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