Home›Canals and Artificial Waterways›All Canals and Artificial WaterwaysBrowse ByAll Canals and Artificial WaterwaysReference and ClassificationDevelopingArtificial waterways engineered to carry vessels across or around a land barrier, from early sea-level canals through the lock systems that lift ships between water levels. Belongs here: any named canal or artificial ship channel considered as a built work and its engineering and operating history. Does not belong here: the natural strait, river or sea a canal connects, which belongs to Geography, or the vessels that use a canal, tracked as vehicle entities.FactsAll Canals and Artificial WaterwaysSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested4000 BCE 1All Canals and Artificial WaterwaysFilter Results10 entriesInfrastructure TypeAllHistoric and Inland Canals (3)Ship Canals (7)ModeAllInland Waterway Transport (5)Maritime Transport (6)Completion EraAll609 (1)1761 (1)1825 (1)1869 (1)1893 (1)1895 (1)1914 (1)1932 (1)1952 (1)1959 (1)Invented ByAllFerdinand de Lesseps (1)Operated ByAllNew York State Canal Corporation (1)Panama Canal Authority (1)Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (2)Suez Canal Authority (1)Pioneered ByAllFerdinand de Lesseps (2)James Brindley (1)StatusAllOperational (10)Heritage DesignationAllInternationally Recognized (World Heritage) (1)Nationally Designated Heritage Site (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10Bridgewater CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysCorinth CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysErie CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysGrand Canal (China)Canals and Artificial WaterwaysKiel CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysPanama CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysSaint Lawrence SeawayCanals and Artificial WaterwaysSuez CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysVolga-Don CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysWelland CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysSources1. Wikipedia: Canaltier 2WikipediaCanal, oldest known canalsQuote, Canal, oldest known canalsThe oldest known canals were irrigation canals, built in Mesopotamia c. 4000 BC, in what is now Iraq.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.