Category: Civil Engineering

Floating sawlogs through the Fenelon Locks

Sawlogs were common in navigable watercourses to the end of the nineteenth century, and made travel difficult for boats when they accumulated.

W.G. Jackett & Sons reconstructing the Fenelon Lock

The original wooden lock required constant repair, it was rebuilt of stone in 1913 and concrete in 1963.

The Second Fenelon Lock