http://youtu.be/b9SMUe0mheM These modern locks service the transition from the Santee River to the Cooper River for recreational boating in South Carolina. Completed in 1800, the 22-mile long Santee Canal, with three wooden locks, was the first canal built in America. Lifting boats to the Cooper River, the canal locks served commercial vessels in the transit [...]
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