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                Why was it important to link waterways?
            
            
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                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    What do you think?
    
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Do you understand that canals linked waterways?  Why do you think the people built canals between rivers?
    
                    Answered by
            Anonymous
            
    It was important to link waterways because it provided navigational transportation and enabled to means of transporting goods?
    
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Right.
For instance, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal connects the Great Lakes with the Illinois River which flows into the Mississippi River. Goods that originate around the Great Lakes can be shipped to the Gulf of Mexico.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship_Canal
    
For instance, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal connects the Great Lakes with the Illinois River which flows into the Mississippi River. Goods that originate around the Great Lakes can be shipped to the Gulf of Mexico.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship_Canal
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