Peterborough Lift Lock
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The Peterborough lift lock and Kirkfield lift lock, are two lift locks of the same design on the Trent-Severn canal in Ontario, Canada.
The locks were completed in 1904. They use twin counter-balanced caissons. The lock mechanisms is water-powered.
According to a city of Peterborough site the lock basins hold 1300 tons of water.[1]
According to an archives of Canada site, the basins hold 1542 tons.[2] The basins are 140 feet long, 33 feet wide and 9 feet 10 inches deep. The vertical distance lifted is 65 feet.
The Trent-Severn has another lift-lock at Kirkfield, with basins of the same dimension, but which lifts over a smaller vertical distance.
References
- ↑ The Peterborough Lift Lock, City of Peterborough. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ↑ Peterborough Lift Lock, Archives of Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.