White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-08-15
WELLAND CANAL
TO RIVAL PANAMA
Waterway Being Reconstructed
on Vast Scale.
OPENS WAY FOR OCEAN SHIPS


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While the Panama canal will al
ways rank as one of the worlds great
est artificial waterways and probably
the greatest engineering feat of all
time, Canada is to have a canal that
will run 1t a close second. In fact.
there Is one lock with three lifts In
the new Welland canal that Is higher
than any in the Panama canal. The
whole construction is massive and the
cost is TO be stupendous-the estimate
is S9o,oO0,0o0, and the builders figure
on the Joo lasting 1our or nse years
longer so there Is u ehahee ior COSTS
10 plie up III ways not no" orea'heu oi'
lhere mas Deer II eahai CONNECTING
Lakes Erie anu oh'ario ior ehfee-
quarters OF a century OUT the present
project is virtually a ne" one, ai'housh
In the greater part OF It's iehgt IL oc-
cupies the original sites. since 'ne
canai was nrst opened IL mas peer en-
iarged from time 10 time uh.il Mneh
.he ne" WORK was s'arteu III 1910 u
a q depth OF Ia feet' win 20 locks,
each capable OF handhng u 'essei ~
ieet iohg. Wheh nnisneo MS ,nie II
VIII De ABOUT tnree miles shor,er, nave
a depth OF 20 feet at the ~shai'o"est
point, be y feet WIDE at the po'toih'
n instead OF 70 locks VIII nav u
total OF seven, each large enough 10
handle vessels eo ieet iong. Laep
iock VIII iiit d poal fo12 iee', hhu ohe
with n triple MT mas d e~o'hoiheu
height OF 1892 iee'' "hien IN greater
'hah any fahama ioch'
Opens Way for Ocean Ships.
The portion of the canal that is en-.
tirely new begins at Port Dalhousie,
: the present Lake Ontario terminus.
and strikes the old route about five
miles inland. From there on TO Lake
Erie the work is reconstruction, strict
ly speaking. The country through
which the new part has been cut com
prised some OF eastern ohtarlos pesi
iruit iarms berore 1918.
o~cean-going freight shlps can come
from any port In the world direct 10
any great. lakes port shen the eahai
Is completed, and certain dredging OBJ
eratlons now In progress IN the 81.
Lawrence river are done. Lake Erie
Is so feet nigher than Lake ohlarlo'
ana pefore the nrst canal was quit
Niagara rails barred direct water trhi-
nc between the TWO.
The canal Is wholly in Canada and
'uns almost due north n south
about a dozen miles west or Niagara
river. At present the time of transit
required for q boat. which must not be
than IA feet draft. Is 10 10 IL hours.
Ia the new canal boats 300 feet Ions
and Of 25 feet draft can be transferred
from u lake to the other In eight
hours. IL is estimated that a boat can
be run into a lock, the lock filled. and
the lift completed In 20 minutes.
A Bio FIGURE Project.
Same idea of tbe magnitude of tbe
undertaLtny c.n no oained from tho
following medication printed In The
Toronto GIobe. Ar Torold m. elgb,
~ thraa donhla lacks and a fourth loci
lust above them. with n total depth
~ $50 foot must no hexvn from solid
rock Az port weller one of the
Ioroos, :, ,ha World e. ha,n,
cons,ructad II Is ARTIFICIAL m averv
rasnact Two Garth a~mhankments made
from oxoovo,ions -oxtona,n. : n,lo
ana a baIf into Lake Ontario giving a
hosin v.t,h On foa, q, u.a,ar .. ,ha
ou,re tbe placinc of sOOoOO0 cubic