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Hydraulic Lift Lock

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Description: A boat entering a hydraulic lift lock located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The lock structure is an imposing series of steel and concrete towers, with...
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Hydraulic Lift Lock

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Description: A boat half way up a hydraulic lift lock located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The lock structure is an imposing series of steel and concrete towers, w...
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Hydraulic Lift Lock

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Description: A hydraulic lift lock with a boat at a full vertical elevation of 66 feet in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The lock structure is an imposing series of ste...
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Opening of Peterboro Hydraulic Lift Lock

Date: 1904
Description: Official opening of the sixty-six foot Peterboro hydraulic lift lock, built in 1904 on the Trent Canal. People gather in boats and along the shore to celeb...
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Opening of Peterboro Hydraulic Lift Lock

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Description: Profile view of the sixty-six foot Peterboro hydraulic lift lock, built in 1904 on the Trent Canal. People gather on the top of the lock. The lift lock is ...
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Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t...

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