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Word: amherstburg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...dynamite blast that geysered water of the Detroit River 150 ft. in the air signaled a new era in Great Lakes shipping last week. It set off a $23 million project that will deepen Amherstburg Channel in the Detroit River near Lake Erie to a minimum depth of 27 ft. (from 21 ft.), enable the waterway to take deep-draft ocean-going ships of up to 10,000 tons and shallow-draft lake ships of 25,000 tons- almost double the present capacity. This is the first part of a five-year dredging program to open the upper Midwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Unlocking the Lakes | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

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