Sentence examples for open for navigation from inspiring English sources

South Australia, at the mouth of the river, wanted it kept open for navigation to the hinterland, allowing the state to become a trading hub.

The Corps of Engineers reduced the flow of water from Lake Michigan into the canal but kept it open for navigation purposes.

Moreover, the Arctic Ocean's pack ice has decreased in thickness, and in summers it has been receding farther north, increasing the possibility that both the Northwest and Northeast passages, accessed through the Bering Strait, may become open for navigation during the summer.

They emit echolocation signals orally, and thus fly with their mouths open for navigation.

By mid-2012, when the Inland Waterways Association held a trailboat festival on the refurbished canal, as part of an event called "Stroud on Water", over 2 mile of canal from Ocean swingbridge to the bottom of Dudbridge Locks were open for navigation, as was a second section from the top of the locks to the bottom of Wallbridge Locks on the Thames and Severn Canal.

Opened for navigation in 1761, it was extended to the Mersey in 1776.

Construction was begun in 1803 under the direction of Thomas Telford, and the canal was opened for navigation in 1822, although it was not completed until 1847.

The work was complete in May 1780 and was finally opened for navigation from Givors to Rive-de-Gier the following December.

If confirmed, Oslo's move would mark a bold confrontation with the world's fastest rising economic power and highlight the growing importance of the Arctic, which is opening up for navigation and mineral exploitation as it melts due to global warming.

In addition, a vulnerability exploitation opens new possibilities for navigation.

Although the two oceans are now united, the canal will not be open to navigation for some time.