AMBITIOUS PLAN
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FRENCH SCHEME TQ RUIfiD CANAL FROM ATfiANTJC TO MEDITERRAN'RAN TO COST £100,000,000
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LONDON, Sunday. A projeet which is engrosSing 'the attention b'f Frerich engiheefs 'is to cut kc' !caikl, accoriiriibdatilhg dceari liners fro'm "the Xtlantic bcekn'- at' Ve'rdon on tfie iestuary oi the" Girorida to La Nbuvelle on the Mediterrarieku, a distaric'e of ' 30,0 niiles.'1 ' ' " ' 'Six'teeril!iocks, %ith 72 feet drops, are'!i)fiopbsed.' " ' The 'depth' of the canal will be 44 feet witfi a width of 500 feet? at the surfabe ihcreasing io 820 iri the rieighboUrhdod of ifchri "docks. ' * ' ' r The average * "Speed through the cafial is e^iiirated at l4 knots. * ■' 'The cost o'f construction is estimated aT £ioo*,o6o,0o6'. "' ' ' ' "
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 196, 12 April 1932, Page 5
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119AMBITIOUS PLAN Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 196, 12 April 1932, Page 5
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