Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Act of Parliament for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was passed on 17 September 1835 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was closed in 1905 when Edinburgh Boat Lift collapsed. In William Yates's "76 Miles on The Inland Waterways" he describes his experiences passing through Brighton Tunnel during the war.

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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,050 mi (1,690 km) from Carrabelle, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
The waterway provides a channel with a controlling depth of 12 ft (3.7 m), designed primarily for barge transportation. Although the U.S. government proposals for such a waterway were made in the early 19th century, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was not completed until 1949.
