Economic Impact
The canal was intended to connect the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at St. Marks, Florida, with a short run across the open water of Apalachicola Bay, which is the calmest corner of the Gulf of Mexico. The economic impact was expected to be tremendous: the canal would save travel time and distance for shipping companies through avoiding the longer route through the Florida Straits and link Florida's inland waterways to both coasts.
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