This weeks travels took me to the Sandwich MA CVS on Cape Cod. I know you're all jealous now!!! Here's a picture of the Cape Cod Canal.
The Cape Cod Canal is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. It was awarded this distinction in 1985. The two highway bridges received the Class A "Award of Merit" in 1935. These awards marked the end of a long struggle to achieve a dream that was first conceived three hundred years earlier when Captain Myles Standish visited the area. As he looked around he noticed a sea level valley that acted as a watershed for the Manomet (Monument) and Scusset Rivers. Captain Standish thought that a passage could be dug across this narrow neck of land thus joining the rivers that flowed out into the open ocean.Private attempts had been made to open up a canal but they proved unsuccessful. In 1928 the United States Army Corps of Engineers became responsible for the Canal. In 1933, a five-year project to widen and straighten the canal began. This meant that the bridges had to be replaced. Upon completion, the Cape Cod Canal became and remains the widest sea level canal (without locks) in the world. Ships can save 162 miles by using the Canal instead of having to travel around the tip of Cape Cod. Passage through the Canal is also safer than having to deal with the dangerous shoals and unpredictable currents surrounding the Outer Cape. The maintenance roads that were used during the construction of the Canal are now extensively used for recreational activities such as walking, bicycling and jogging as well as sport fishing. The Army Corps of Engineers promotes and manages the recreational activities along the Canal.
For more visit: http://www.capecodcanalchamber.org
Cape Cod Canal Cam: http://www.capecod.com/canalcam.asp
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