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AGRA CANAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 382 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANAL  , an important
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Indian
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irrigation
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work, available also for
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navigation, in
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Delhi,
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Gurgaon,
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Muttra and
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Agra districts, and
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Bharatpur
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state . The
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canal receives its
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water from the
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Jumna
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river at Okla, about 10 m. below Delhi . The
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weir across the Jumna was the first attempted in Upper
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India upon a
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foundation of
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fine
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sand; it is about 800 yds.
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long, and rises 7 ft. above the summer level of. the river . From Okla the canal follows the high
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land between the Khari-nadi and the Jumna, and finally joins the Banganga river about 20 M. below Agra . Navigable branches connect the canal with Muttra and Agra . It was opened in 1874 .

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