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Nature's original highways, no traffic lights but plenty of toll-collecting harbormasters.
means Navigable channels of water — rivers, canals, straits — used for travel, trade, or shipping goods.
from Plain Old English mashup of water plus way, the route you take when the road is liquid; documented since the 1500s as commerce floated inland.
Cheap freightBarges move tons per gallon roads envy.
Canal maniaBritain dug thousands of miles before railways stole the show.
Border dutyMany rivers double as national boundaries.