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William Barclay Parsons

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William Barclay Parsons, Hon.M.ASCE, served as chief engineer of the Cape Cod Canal from 1906 to 1914. The canal’s original construction demonstrated the feasibility of constructing and operating a sea-level canal without locks.
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