Lock 24 - First Welland Canal

Lock 24 - First Welland Canal (HM1908)

Location: St. Catharines, ON L2T 1J7 Niagara Regional Municipality
Country: Canada
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N 43° 8.087', W 79° 12.562'

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A timber lock with inside dimensions of 33.7m (108 ft.) by 6.6m (22 ft.) was constructed on this site between 1824 and 1827. The lock walls consisted of earth filled cribs 5.2m (16 ft) thick and 7.6m (25 ft) deep. This was the 24th lock of 39 that lifted ships from Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario up the Niagara Escarpment to Port Robinson on the Chippawa Creek. From there they proceeded into the Niagara River and on to Lake Erie. Each lock lifted a ship an average of 3m (10ft). This canal opened in November 1829 and operated in spite of considerable maintenance problems, until stone locks were completed just south of this site in 1845. Lock 24 of the first canal lay submerged in water or buried until it was excavated and studied in 1987 by the Welland Canals Preservation Association with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.
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HM NumberHM1908
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Placed ByWelland Canal Society
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Date Added Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 9:54pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 645633 N 4777338
Decimal Degrees43.13478333, -79.20936667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 8.087', W 79° 12.562'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 8' 5.22" N, 79° 12' 33.72" W
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Area Code(s)706, 423
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 99-165 Regional Rd 52, St. Catharines ON L2T 1J7, CA
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