...boats?
Well, why not? I happened to be down at Lock 3, on the Welland Canal this afternoon, and got a few pictures of the laker Atlantic Huron heading back "up-lake". Sources tell me that she'd just delivered a load of GERN-Brand Flux to one of the steel plants in Hamilton, Ontario, and was heading back to the GERN plant at Port Maitland for another load.
I caught her just as she slipped into Lock 3:
These were taken from the elevated public viewing platform:
Once the gates were closed, it took only about 10 minutes to lift the boat:
From ground level, she looms pretty large:
The lift bridge at Glendale Ave. was up, and there was a cruise ship, downbound:
With a length of 736' and a breadth of almost 78', the Atlantic Huron had room to spare, at least lengthwise, in the 859' long lock. However, it was a fairly tight squeeze, width-wise, in the 80' wide lock. There are 8 locks in total (Locks 4,5, and 6 are "twinned" also, allowing up-and down-bound boats to pass) and Lock 8 is 1,380 feet long. The average lift of each lock is 46.5', and the average trip through the 27 mile long canal takes about 12 hours.
I hope that you've enjoyed this look at some of the railroads' heavy-duty competition.
Wayne
Well, why not? I happened to be down at Lock 3, on the Welland Canal this afternoon, and got a few pictures of the laker Atlantic Huron heading back "up-lake". Sources tell me that she'd just delivered a load of GERN-Brand Flux to one of the steel plants in Hamilton, Ontario, and was heading back to the GERN plant at Port Maitland for another load.
I caught her just as she slipped into Lock 3:
These were taken from the elevated public viewing platform:
Once the gates were closed, it took only about 10 minutes to lift the boat:
From ground level, she looms pretty large:
The lift bridge at Glendale Ave. was up, and there was a cruise ship, downbound:
With a length of 736' and a breadth of almost 78', the Atlantic Huron had room to spare, at least lengthwise, in the 859' long lock. However, it was a fairly tight squeeze, width-wise, in the 80' wide lock. There are 8 locks in total (Locks 4,5, and 6 are "twinned" also, allowing up-and down-bound boats to pass) and Lock 8 is 1,380 feet long. The average lift of each lock is 46.5', and the average trip through the 27 mile long canal takes about 12 hours.
I hope that you've enjoyed this look at some of the railroads' heavy-duty competition.
Wayne