Canal warehouse

id: canal-warehouse-241-7964749
title: Canal warehouse
text: A canal warehouse is a commercial building principally associated with the expansions of canals from 1761 to 1896. This type of warehouse derived from coastal predecessors, had unique features: it had internal water filled canal arms that entered the building, it was multistorey with canal access at one level and road and even rail egress at another, and has a hoist system powered by a water wheel or at later stages steam. Canal warehouses were transhipment warehouses, holding goods until they c
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description: Commercial building principally associated with the expansions of canals from 1761 to 1896
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_warehouse
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date modified: 2024-04-19T06:52:12Z
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