Portage Canal
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For other uses, see Portage Canal (disambiguation).
The Portage Canal was built to connect the Fox River and Wisconsin River at Portage, Wisconsin along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway.[2] For a time, it completed a route from the north Atlantic Ocean, through the St. Lawrence Seaway and down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and back to the Atlantic.
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Portage Canal | |
Location | Between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Portage, WI |
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Coordinates | 43°32′49″N 89°26′50″W |
Built | 1876 |
Architect | Conro, Starke & Co.; U.S.Army Corps of Engineers |
NRHP reference No. | 77000030 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 26, 1977 |
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