The name comes from its former status as a canal port.

During its heyday as a canal port, Liverpool also had a large boat repair industry.

The canal port on the Neckar is one of the ten largest German interior ports.

The name is derived from observed natural gas and the historic Erie Canal port at that location.

The village was an active canal port and also a booming industrial town, echoing a trend that was occurring nationwide.

The canal port consisted of a system of locks, docks and warehouses, together with a pump and engine room.

Chicago gained prominence as a lake and canal port after 1848, and as a rail hub soon afterward.

Lickdale was a prominent 19th century canal port along a branch of the Union Canal and contained a large commercial ice house.

Stourport-on-Severn, traditionally a canal port and resort town, where the Stour joins the Severn.

It was designed by Thomas Telford under the direction of William Jessop and continued to function as a working canal port until the 1950s.

The canal port has 1,600 meters of quay and has five berths for transshipping and Ro-Ro traffic.

Today Dortmund Port is the biggest European canal port with 10 docks and a pier length of 11 km.

The museum covers the area of the previous canal port and contains all the elements previously present in the port, including the locks, docks and warehouses.

Also on view are elaborate views of towns, like "Old Canal Port," which plays a peach-and-lavender building against its grisaille, charcoal-like reflection.

With the addition of the Canal, what was then known as Perrinsville quickly became a busy canal port with a reputation for being a "fair port."

The ports of Hamm are the second biggest canal port by freight transact, 1,4 millions tons a year by ships and 0,5 million tons by train.

Due to the proximity of the Bernville Locks and the town's location on the canal, Bernville was a primary and prospering canal port.

The path ends at the canal port at Lochrin Basin, Edinburgh Quay, near Tollcross, in the centre of Edinburgh.

The European settlement was originally built as the entrance to the Welland "feeder" canal and the town once boasted several water-powered mills and a once-bustling canal port.

Passing through the formerly navigable section around Wilden, it joins the River Severn at Stourport, in a small, old industrial area to the east of the canal port.

Goole, in Humberside, was a planned canal port founded by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company in 1819 while the railway towns of Crewe.

The flood threatened to destroy the Grand Canal port of Linqing and led to the Ming dynasty constructing major public works in Shawan to prevent a recurrence.

Following construction of the Grand Canal in AD 609, Changzhou became a canal port and transshipment point for locally-grown grain, and has maintained these roles ever since.

The territorial district managed by the Cagliari Port Authority extends for approximately 30 km of coastline; its structure is divided into two areas: the historic port and the canal port.

With the growth of the city due the canal port and the arrival of the railroad, a second school was built on the city's west side called West Massillon Union School in 1866.