Peterborough Liftlock
Peterborough Liftlock
(right chamber high)
one chamber lowering as the other rises
Peterborough Liftlock
(left chamber high, right gate closed)
right gate open, ready to receive vessel
left chamber high, lower gate closed
(vessel leaving lowered right chamber)
opening gate on high chamber
ship entering high chamber
being lowered as another vessel is being raised
The drop here however is 65 feet, making it the world’s highest liftlock by 15 feet. In 1999, the Peterborough Hydraulic Lift Lock became he first Canadian site to be designated by the American Society of Mechanical engineers as an international landmark.
Friends of the Waterway Visitor's Center
(as seen from the top of the liftlock)
swing bridge
traffic waiting for swing bridge to return
The "Kawartha Voyageur" on the Trent - Severn Waterway
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