I have an idea that when a contour canal was built it would follow the contours wherever possible, rather than having cuttings, tunnels, locks etc. Early surveyors/engineers such as Brindley would have built his canals in this way. However, I eagerly await someone else answering your question, in case I am wrong. Having been a member of the Inland Waterways Association for over 40 years, I ought to be able to answer questions like this!!! James Barlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "geoff white" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Contour Canal? > I have just read that the Coventry canal is a '300ft contour canal'. > Could someone explain to a dumb road user what this means? > Cheers, > Geoff in Helsinki > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >