A Lock on the Welland Ship Canal

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Mystery Question: Does anyone know where this is on the Canal and what the lowered arm was used for?

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Creator: A. H. Tiplin, Photographer
Media Type: Image
Item Type: Slides
Description: A lock on the Welland Ship Canal, Niagara, Ontario. Date Unknown.

The arrester boom arm is lowered in the foreground.
Notes: File Location: CASE Welland Canal Slides 91
Subject(s): Canals
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
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