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> The plan was to bring the banks closer together, and by narrowing the width of the river, speed up the current, making boat passage much faster. Probably a s
by cjrp 10y ago
> The plan was to bring the banks closer together, and by narrowing the width of the river, speed up the current, making boat passage much faster.
Probably a stupid question, but what about the people who want to travel upstream?
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoI imagine that a narrower river would be deeper and with a better channel, removing or at least lessening the danger of snags such as the one that sank the Arabia.
- cjrp 10y agoBut if the split of upstream/downstream traffic was roughly 50:50, the time you gained going downstream you'd cancel out on the return journey.