In future generations, the 10,000-ton ship from Europe or the 10,000-ton ship from Duluth, the westernmost point of Lake Superior, can freely enter and exit the Great Lakes through the famous "St. Lawrence Waterway".

　　 The so-called St. Lawrence Waterway refers to the general term for the artificial waterway system of the Great Lakes in North America and the St. Lawrence River.

　　 This golden waterway runs west from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River to Duluth, the westernmost point of Lake Superior, with a total length of 3,800 kilometers!

　　The contribution made by this golden waterway is absolutely important for the United States to rise so quickly and become the world's largest country.

But now, as Shixiong said just now, neither the British, the French nor the ships of other European powers can directly enter the four large lakes west of Lake Erie from the Atlantic Ocean. Warships or other ships can only Between Lake Ontario and the Atlantic Ocean.

　　The reason why this is the case now is because of the existence of the famous Niagara Falls.

　　 The altitude of Lake Erie is ninety-nine meters higher than Lake Ontario, and the length of the Niagara River that connects the two lakes is 56 kilometers.

Compared with the fifty-six-kilometer river course, the 100-meter drop, if it is gentle, the average **** of the Niagara River is about 1.8/1000. Although this is not small, it is still acceptable. Inside.

　　The problem is that in the middle of the Niagara River, there is an insurmountable Niagara Falls. This famous waterfall, one of the three largest waterfalls in the world, became a huge guillotine in the middle section of the Niagara River, severely cutting off the river, and at the same time the entire St. Lawrence Channel.

　　 Although Niagara Falls is beautiful and magnificent, future generations will attract tens of millions of people to watch it every year. But as far as shipping is concerned, this waterfall is an out-and-out demon.

Everyone knows how important it is to open the entire St. Lawrence Waterway, and if the interval between the Chicago River and the Illinois River is more than ten kilometers, then the boat from the Atlantic Ocean can really directly reach Shangjing and even the Mississippi River. New Orleans at the southern end.

In the original historical time and space, after the founding of the United States, it took decades to excavate the Erie Canal to the east of the Niagara River, then dug a Welland Canal from the west of the Niagara River, and then dug a Chicago. The canal eventually connected the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes, forming a huge shipping system covering two-thirds of the United States.

　　 even when the stone bear crossed. This waterway system is still the most important inland waterway system in the United States.

　　 Others don’t know the importance of this shipping system, so how could Shixiong not know?

　　 It is no exaggeration to say that even in later generations, the importance of this shipping system is not inferior to that of the American highway system.

　　 We must know that from the establishment of the nation to the end of World War I, the reason why the United States was able to rapidly grow into the world's largest country was because of this huge waterway system.

　　 Therefore, Shi Xiong will not let go of this channel system anyway.

　　 Of course, in terms of the current strength of the Cherokee tribe, if they want to dig through the 584-kilometer Erie Canal, they are still unable to do so. But if you just dig through the land between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, which is only less than fifty kilometers long, then the problem is not big.

　　 After all, the Chicago Canal from Chicago to the Illinois River was ready for excavation before the winter of last year.

The Iroquois are destined to be defeated by the violent bears. The entire Great Lakes region eastward to the Atlantic coast is also destined to become the territory of the Cherokee tribe. So now we are ready to excavate the artificial canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. , And put it on the table this morning.

　　 "Boss, do you mean that we first use this natural river channel and then dig south?" Qiao La Krulu asked in a low voice while recording the stone bear's words.

"Yes, this river runs from here all the way north to Lake Ontario. The length is about 15 kilometers. We only need to widen and deepen the river, then this section of the river can be used. This will save us about One-third of the resources and labor. Also look at this..."

　　 Shixiong pointed to the large wasteland in front of him, "Did you see the low-lying here?"

　　 Joe Laklulu removed the charcoal pen in his hand from the notebook, looked up at the wasteland in front of him, nodded and said, "It seems that there is a lot of depression here than other places."

Shi Xiong smiled, "This is indeed a depression. If we use this depression to dig south, once we dig through Lake Erie, when the water of Lake Erie arrives here along the river we dug, it will be here. A huge artificial lake is formed. This artificial lake can not only store water, but also adjust the water level, which is conducive to the navigation of ships."

　　 Hereafter, there are indeed two connected artificial lakes. To the east is the larger Gibson Lake, and to the west is the smaller Moody Lake.

　　 In fact, the Welland Canal of later generations used this natural waterway from the beginning. It's just that as the ships get bigger and bigger, this natural waterway is no longer suitable, so an artificial canal deep enough and wide enough was dug from the east side of Gibson Lake to the north.

Later Americans dug through the Welland Canal with a total length of 44 kilometers~lightnovelpub.net~ At first, more than forty wooden locks were used to adjust the water level. However, the maintenance cost of wooden locks is very high. With the continuous development of technology, there are finally eight reinforced concrete locks left on this canal.

　　 The **** of the Welland Canal is not small. It's good to say that it goes down the river, but if it goes up the current, the boat is really hard to go. So this canal must also build a lock.

　　 But that's not Shixiong's business. He only needs to provide a general plan and excavation route, and the rest will naturally be handled by someone below.

　　 In the past few years, through the hands of the Fernando family and William Hank, the Cherokee family has been digging talents from Europe.

　　 In addition to eighteen arhats, there are more than two hundred talents from Europe. These people can't mix in Europe, and they have real talents themselves, so they were abducted to the New World of North America by the Fernando family or Baron Hank.

　　 But these people have been reluctant to go to Beijing now. Shi Xiong attaches great importance to these people. If they have any needs, as long as the tribe can provide them, they will inevitably rush them first.

　　In Shangjing, these people who were about to starve to death in Europe, now they can eat well, dress well, sleep well, and have all kinds of food, cigarettes, drinks and even women, so they don’t want to leave Shangjing.

　　With these talents, the scientific research strength of the entire tribe has been greatly improved. The excavation of an artificial canal was presided over by two talents from Europe.

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