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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Predicate Object
instanceOf boat lift
engineering structure
hydraulic lift lock
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle industrial architecture
category navigation lock
city Peterborough, Ontario
surface form: 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
surface form: Trent–Severn Waterway National Historic Site
liftType counterweighted hydraulic lift
locatedOnWaterway Trent–Severn Waterway
location Peterborough, Ontario
surface form: 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 Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: 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