Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1942, p. 291

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

\ O DUNNVILLE PORT PIAITLANE) LAKE ERIE © WELLAND JUNCTION 0 HUMBERSTONE ¥P ORT COLSORNV CHU PPE WAG Q LAKE ONTARIO O\ PORT DALHOUSIE PORMWELLER O WrcArRa. THE WELLAND CANAL Name Miles Port Colborne to Port Dalhousie (Old Canal) 27... 1.2... 2634 Port Colborne to Port Weller (New Canal) ....2.......2......22.. 25 Port Colborne to Allanbure (Old Eine) ..2........°..............; 11% Port, Maitland to Weeder ......5..0 2.50 a 134 Beeder Junction to Dunnville" 2.03. .3...5...2.. ee es cee ar 21 Port: Robinson to Chippewa 220 fee ee ee. 8% Guard Locks (2500-2300 t ee Toate of Mach Dock 9... .: 3.3. ee Control Lock at Humberstone is 1380 feet in length. (Longest in the world) Time for ships to pass through canal: 8 hours. Estimated cost of this canal $130,000,000.00. ° Work started in 1913---and opened in 1931. 291 Locks 25 A Copyrigld by Fred W. Green, 1942 Dimensions Lift 270x45 32634' 800x80 82514' 4614.'

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy