Peterborough Lift Lock

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The Peterborough Lift Lock is a historic hydraulic boat lift in Peterborough, Ontario, renowned as one of the highest hydraulic lift locks in the world and a major engineering landmark on Canada's inland waterway system.

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Peterborough Lift Lock canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boat lift ⓘ
engineering structure ⓘ
hydraulic lift lock ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle industrial architecture ⓘ
category navigation lock ⓘ
city Peterborough ⓘ
completionDate 1904 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1896 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designer Richard Birdsall Rogers ⓘ
elevationGain approximately 19.8 metres ⓘ
approximately 65 feet ⓘ
engineer Richard Birdsall Rogers ⓘ
engineeringSignificance major Canadian engineering landmark ⓘ
featuredIn lists of historic civil engineering landmarks in Canada ⓘ
function lifting boats between different water levels ⓘ
hasPublicAccess yes ⓘ
hasTwinCaissons yes ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1979 ⓘ
includedIn Trent–Severn Waterway National Historic Site ⓘ
liftType counterweighted hydraulic lift ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
location Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
maintenanceResponsibility Parks Canada ⓘ
managesWaterwayTraffic Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
materialUsed steel ⓘ
unreinforced concrete ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam approximately 7 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselLength approximately 37 metres ⓘ
near Ashburnham neighbourhood of Peterborough ⓘ
notableFor being one of the highest hydraulic lift locks in the world ⓘ
innovative use of unreinforced concrete at time of construction ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1904 ⓘ
operatedBy Parks Canada ⓘ
originalPowerSource gravity-fed water system ⓘ
owner Government of Canada ⓘ
partOf Canada’s inland waterway system ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
seasonalOperation typically open during summer navigation season ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
tourismSignificance major regional tourist attraction ⓘ
uses hydraulic rams ⓘ
water displacement ⓘ

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Trent–Severn Waterway → hasPart → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Peterborough, Ontario → isKnownFor → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Peterborough, Ontario → hasAttraction → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Ashburnham neighbourhood of Peterborough → near → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Richard Birdsall Rogers → notableWork → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Richard Birdsall Rogers → associatedWith → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Richard Birdsall Rogers → significantProject → Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ