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LINTH, or LIMMAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 735 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LINTH, or LIMMAT , a. See also:river of See also:Switzerland, one of the tributaries of the See also:Aar. It rises in the glaciers of the Tbdi range, and has cut out a deep See also:bed which forms the Grossthal that comprises the greater portion of the See also:canton of See also:Glarus. A little below the See also:town of Glarus the river, keeping its northerly direction, runs through the alluvial See also:plain which it has formed, towards the See also:Walensee and the See also:Lake of See also:Zurich. But between the Lake of Zurich and the Walensee the huge desolate alluvial plain See also:grew ever in See also:size, while See also:great damage was done by the river, which over-flowed its bed and the dykes built to protect the region near it. The Swiss See also:diet decided in 1804 to undertake the " correction " of this turbulent stream. The necessary See also:works were begun in 1807 under the supervision of Hans See also:Conrad Escher of Zurich (1767-1823). The first portion of the undertaking was completed in 1811, and received the name of the " Escher See also:canal," the river being thus diverted into the Walensee. The second portion, known as the " Linth canal," regulated the course of the river between the Walensee and the Lake of Zurich and was completed in 1816. Many improvements and extra protective works were carried out after 1816, and it was estimated that the See also:total cost of this great See also:engineering undertaking from 1807 to 1902 amounted to about £200,000, the date for the completion of the See also:work being 1911. To commemorate the efforts of Escher, the Swiss diet in 1823 (after his See also:death) decided that his male descendants should See also:bear the name of " Escher von der Linth." On issuing from the Lake of Zurich the Linth alters its name to that of " Limmat," it does not appear wherefore, and, keeping the See also:north-See also:westerly direction it had taken from the Walensee, joins the Aar a little way below Brugg, and just below the junction of the See also:Reuss with the Aar. (W. A.

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