Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1945, p. 290

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PORT MIAITLANE) LAKE ERIE O DUNNVILLE WELLAND CHIPPEWA QO LAKE ONTARIO O\. PORT DALHOUSIE PORMWWELL ER 0 WacAR A. THE WELLAND CANAL Name Miles Port Colborne to Port Dalhousie (Old Canal)... 2... 2s... 65.5.00.0455 2634 Fort Colborne to Port, Weller (New Canal) .)....22. 0 7.:.,. 2 5 Port Colborne to Allanbure: (Old Line)... 0 ...0. 2.2 3, 11% Port Maitland to feeder 22.00.68 rie ee 1% Beeder Jutction to Dunnville. ...4.0.5 2 ee 21 Port Robinson to Chippewa'... :605.0 0-00 es Sever ieee ee 8% Guard Toeks (25.40... Lift of Each Lock ..... seis ese doe tiniso sews soe he eee 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. eerceeeeececec eee ee cece eee meee eens 290 Copyrighted by Fred W. Green, 1945 Locks Dimensions Lift 25 270x45 32634' T 800x80 3251,' 1 461,'

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