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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF LOCKS, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE IN DISTANCE, SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. E25
"IN
LAND OF HIAWATHA"
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The Soo Locks show greater tonnage records
than any system of locks and canals in the world.
Ships pass the Sault on an average of about 100
per day in a normal season, 3000 per month and
25,000 during the eight months of navigation.
The Weitzel Lock is 515 feet long and 90 feet
wide; the Poe Lock 800 feet long and 100 feet
wide; Davis Lock, 1,350 feet long, 80 feet wide,
and has a draft over miter sills of 2612 feet;
Sabin Lock is of the same dimensions. The
Davis and Sabin Locks are 250 feet longer
than the famous Gatun Locks at Panama.
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A “Natural Color Card” Made by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.—BJL
-Published by C. C. Eby, St. Ignace, Mich.
