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English translation: portage
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peer agreement (net): +1portage Explanation: portage Nie jestem jednak pewien. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2017-09-01 16:05:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/portage http://www.thefreedictionary.com/portage -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-09-01 16:15:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Portage—an overland route of travel between navigable bodies of water. An overland passage connecting two bodies of water. --- “Portage" means an overland route for manually carrying boats and supplies around dams. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/nr/300/330 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-09-01 16:20:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The world-famous Soo Locks form a passage for deep-draft ships around the rapids in the St. Marys River. Before white men came to the area, the Ojibway Indians who lived nearby portaged their canoes around the "Bawating" (rapids) to reach Lake Superior from the St. Marys River. ... In 1797, the Northwest Fur Company constructed a navigation lock 38 feet long on the Canadian side of the river for small boats. This lock remained in use until destroyed in the War of 1812. Freight and boats were again portaged around the rapids. ... While there is some debate on the exact meaning of "Sault," scholars of early French note that the word translates into jump, referring to the place where one needs to "jump", or put into the St. Mary’s River. This translation relates to the treacherous rapids and cascades that fall over 20 feet from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this prohibited boat traffic and necessitated an overland portage from one lake to the other. This is how Portage Avenue, the main street running along the river, got its name. https://www.saultcity.com/historic-homes |
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dragway Explanation: https://goo.gl/LK7XhM -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2017-09-01 22:25:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A canal at this isthmus (finally completed in nineteen century) would have replaced the cumbersome dragway by which ships were hauled overland. - https://goo.gl/7j4Cjs --------- ... from one gulf to the other by means of dragway some five miles long - https://goo.gl/ru374B -------- Exploiting Corinth's geography, Periander constructed a ships' dragway across the seven-mile-wide isthmus that separates the Saronic Gulf from the Corinthian Gulf - https://goo.gl/AJWvAU ----- Jeśli kierunek biegu rzeki nie pokrywał się z trasą kupieckich wypraw, korzystano z tzw. przewłok, miejsc na wododziałach, gdzie łodzie i ich ładunek przeciągano (na saniach, wozach czy drewnianych okrąglakach) z dorzecza jednej rzeki w dorzecze drugiej. - http://archiwum.polityka.pl/art/polska-w-kanale,390289.html |
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| Reference: portage Reference information: 2. Nautical a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation. b. A track or route used for such carrying. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/portage |
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