Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Belgian Shis Canal Opened. [ARTICLE]

Belgian Shis Canal Opened.

King Leopold of Belgium, in the presence of a great throng, formally declared open the new ship canal from Bruges to the sea, designed to divert a portion of tbe Ithine traffic and attract shipping from Antwerp.