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| Built between 1900 and 1907 the Kirkfield Lift Lock is an impressive structure that physically raises and lowers to move boats through a change in elevation on the Trent-Severn Waterway. ___ |
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| What goes up must come down. There is a long wall leading into the lock and there are control lights to signal when to enter and which side to use. ___ |
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| Only one small boat came down. The 240 mile (386 km) long Trent-Severn Waterway 'begins' at it's south-eastern point on the Bay of Quinte on eastern Lake Ontario and extends in a north-westerly direction to Port Severn where the Severn River flows into Georgian Bay. |
...this looks a bit like our Erie Canal, but on a larger scale!
ReplyDeleteWe are both in a 'lock down' ! Hi, hi.....
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that one but have sure watched the lift lock in Peterborough a lot of times when I was a kid visiting relatives there.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a lift lock in operation. I bet it's a fascinating operation to watch.
ReplyDeleteThis lift lock is impressive. Fine series of industrial photos. Good to see machinery from the early 20th Century still working great.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive lift lock, never seen one before!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very intricate operation going on.
ReplyDeleteThese are such complicated pieces of engineering!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see, very impressive.
ReplyDeleteWe've seen the locks around The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River. They are newer--- from the late 1950's.
ReplyDeleteFascinating things are locks. Nice captures.
ReplyDeleteWow great construction and its clear how it works. Must one go up and the other down as the balance does the work?
ReplyDeleteIt is impressive. I've only passed over that waterway, not really spent time around the locks.
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