Cape COD Canal

Timothy T. Orwig,Historic New England,Historic New England

Cape COD Canal
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Country
United States
Published
7 October 2013
Pages
127
ISBN
9781467120364

Cape COD Canal

Timothy T. Orwig,Historic New England,Historic New England

For centuries, the shoals and high winds around Cape Cod turned its waters into a ships’ graveyard. In 1623, Miles Standish proposed a shorter, safer passage by building a canal linking Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay, and in 1776, George Washington ordered the first of many surveys. All attempts failed until 1914, when the Cape Cod Canal opened as a private toll canal. The widest sea-level canal in the world, the Cape Cod Canal continues to be an engineering marvel, a vital shipping link, and a summer destination. These rare images from the Nina Heald Webber Collection at Historic New England survey the canal’s development from unsuccessful building efforts in the 1800s, through its 1909-1914 construction, and subsequent improvements in the 1930s.

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