Sentence examples for canal traffic from inspiring English sources

The city's economy depends heavily on financial services and on activities associated with canal traffic.

Trade between the east coast of the United States and East Asia dominates international canal traffic.

Towns, including Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, developed lively trade based on canal traffic.

When Gaillard (Culebra) Cut is not being dredged, canal traffic generally proceeds in both directions.

An oil tanker ran aground Nov. 8, halting canal traffic for the first time since 1875.

The solitary appearance of the boat is probably inaccurate, given the huge amount of canal traffic at this time.

The Elbe–Havel Canal carries traffic from Magdeburg eastward to the network of waterways around Berlin and farther on to Poland.

By 1955, oil accounted for half of the canal's traffic.

The opening of the Great Western Railway in 1841 removed much of the canal's traffic, even though the canal company lowered tariffs.

The opening of the Great Western Railway in 1841 removed much of the canal's traffic, and in 1852 the railway company took over its running.

Changes to shipping methods and the growth of containerisation during the 1970s and '80s meant that many ships were now too big to use the canal and traffic declined, resulting in the closure of the terminal docks at Salford.