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Title Santee Canal: America’s First Superhighw
Number/Length 1/30
Subject/Grade Level History, Social Studies/4-8
Producer South Carolina ETV
Date Produced 1992
Support Material Teacher Guide ($3)
  
 
  • Description 
    This program traces the history of canal use and construction of America’s first true canal system, South Carolina’s Santee Canal.  The portion on early European canal construction includes drawings by Leonardo DeVinci.  Dramatic reenactment portrays events leading to the building of the canal, including America’s western expansion.
   
 
 

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