The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important.

铁路的出现使运河航运不那么重要了。

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Life is not a man-made canal and we can not be confined to a few fixed channels.

生活不是一条人造的运河，不能把它禁锢在几条规定好的河道之中。

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Jiaolai man-made canal is a man-made canal in the history, over the last two years, it was suggested that the idea of reopening the canal.

胶莱人工运河是一条历史上的运河，近两年来，有人提出重开运河的设想。

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A study was made to decide which would be a better place for the canal -- Panama or Nicaragua.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Over the years, several attempts were made to build the canal.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Passenger rides on a horse-drawn boat have made the canal a popular tourist attraction in the summer months.

BBC: Grand Western Canal repairs to cost ?3m

Last year Canal Plus made an operating loss of euro374m and drained euro500m of cash from Vivendi.

ECONOMIST: Vivendi Universal

Water running through the reeds in the canal beside them made soft gulping sounds as it swirled along.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician