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O DUNNVILLE PORT AITLANER) LAKE ONTARIO O\ PORT DriHousrE PORMWELLER .- + < > D> ee THOROLD coe, < " 0 WiacAR A. cs Ny WELLAND > Fo, ey) LAKE ERIE © WELLAND JUNCTION C4 eee het CHIPPEWA O ¥ prc 27 COLSORN ' THE WELLAND CANAL Copyrighted by Fred W. Green, 1947 Name Miles Locks Dimensions Lift Fort Colborne to Port: Dalhousie (Old Canal) ......55...4..5.052 2. 2634 25 270x45 32634' Fort Colborne to Port Weller (New Canal) .3...:.2:0....055.2--.. 25 a 800x80 32514' Fort Colborne to Allanhure (Old Ling) ~..:.2......005 2 11% bor, Maitiand to Veeder 22... 1% Peeuer Junction to Daunville <. 220. .4 0 0 21 Porm Robinson to Clippewsa 6... 5 a 8, fara LOCKS 6. ee 1 itt OF Been Lock 3... ca elie ee 4614' Control Lock at Humberstone is 1380 feet in length. (T.ongest 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 1921. 290