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Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site
 
By Cosmos Mariner, May 31, 2024
Richard Birdsall Rogers Marker
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1 ► Ontario, Peterborough County, Peterborough — Richard Birdsall Rogers —
On Hunter Street East 0.2 kilometers east of Museum Drive, on the right when traveling east.
. . . — — Map (db m260699) HM
2 ► Ontario, Peterborough County, Peterborough — The Peterborough Lift Lock / L'ascenseur a bateaux de Peterborough —
Near Hunter Street East 0.1 kilometers west of Ashburnham Drive, on the left when traveling south.
[English] Opened in 1904, with a lift of 19.8 metres, this is the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world and the first of two built in North America, both on the Trent-Severn Waterway. It operates on a balance principle. A . . . — — Map (db m247847) HM
3 ► Ontario, Peterborough County, Peterborough — Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site — Lieu historique national de la Voie-Navigable-Trent-Severn —
Near Hunter Street East 0.1 kilometers west of Ashburnham Drive, on the right when traveling west.
[English]  Did you know that…
• The Peterborough Lift Lock was inaugurated on July 9, 1904. It took eight years to build. • With a height of 19.8 metres, it is the highest hydraulic lift . . . — — Map (db m260800) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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