Cape Cod Canal History on the Tele
 

Modern Marvels. Tonight at 9:00pm.
Heard it today on the raditio...

Is that the Discovery Channel or the History Channel ?


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BW, if it's one of the modern marvel shows it should be on the history channel. I'll have to check that out tonight thanks.

It's the History Channel at 9:00

tanks :cheers:

they dug a hole and flooded it.... now go fishing. :ss: :walk: :skulz:

Party pooper....... :gu:

that was a cool show and it really made me want to jump in the truck. its cool seeing your spots from the air, and they even showed a guy catching a bass. ive never walked to the end of the jetty on the east end, scusset side, they said its like 3000 feet. it really is a modern marvel.

I liked it as well. Lots of interesting trivia and facts. I knew there were "older" bridges, but never knew why they were torn down. I knew it was widened, but never really knew the story behind why it was. Lead paint removal explains why they have been painting that damn bridge for about 5 years (or so it seems). I knew there was an "old channel" on the Buzzards Bay side, but I never knew why it was changed.

Other trivia:

Max boat length: 800 and something feet do to the curves in the canal
Current Speed: 5.2 knots
All boats over 60 feet are monitored by the control center.
Tides in Buzzards Bay are 4 feet and in Cape Cod Bay the are 9 feet
The rail road bridge was the longest fixed span bridge of it's type at the time.

I think it's on again on the history channel June 25th at 4 p.m. My t.v. listing only goes out for one week.