After nearly three centuries after being first proposed by Captain Miles Standish of Plymouth Colony today marked the grand opening of the Cape Cod Canal. In the beginning it was only 15 feet deep and fairly expensive for the day to use the canal.
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The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers took over the waterway in 1928. They then widened (500 ft.) and deepened(32 ft.) the canal. It is still operated and maintained by them to the present day.
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