Cape Cod Canal is a canal in Massachusetts .
| Cape Cod | |
|---|---|
| English Cape cod canal | |
 Digging the canal (postcard dated July 1914) | |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
| State | Massachusetts |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 11 km |
| Deepest | 9.8 m |
| Watercourse | |
| Head | Cape Cod |
| Mouth | Buzzards |
 - head  - mouth | |
The length of the canal is about 11 km, and the width can reach 150 m. In the north, the canal has access to the Cape Cod Bay, in the south - to the Buzzards Bay . The canal is part of the Atlantic Coastal Canal .
This canal was dug in 1914 at the base of the Cape Cod Peninsula [1] . It is interesting that the first plans for the construction of the passage for ships date back to 1830 [2] , although the Plymouth colony has existed here since 1620 [3] .
The channel not only significantly reduces the route from Boston to Providence and New York , but also improves shipping safety. The Cape Cod and Buzzards bays are well protected from storms, and ships are less likely to crash or run aground off the east coast of the Cape Cod Peninsula. The Cape Cod Canal has a southeast direction.
Two automobile ( Sagamor and Burn ) and one railway bridge were built through the canal.
About 20 thousand large and small vessels pass through the canal per year [4] .
Gallery
Railroad bridge
Bourne Bridge
Sagamor Bridge
Channel aerial view
Notes
- ↑ The Opening of the Cape Cod Canal (link not available) . Date of treatment October 2, 2017. Archived January 26, 2016.
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court, “Report of the Joint Committee of 1860 Upon the Proposed Canal to Unite Barnstable Bay and Buzzard's Bay,” Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, pages 10-22, 1864.
- ↑ The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
- ↑ Army.mil data unopened (inaccessible link) . Archived January 17, 2009.