Sault St. Marie, MICHIGAN - Weitzel Lock - Emptied of Water for Sale

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Sault St. Marie, MICHIGAN - Weitzel Lock - Emptied of Water For Sale

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Sault St. Marie, MICHIGAN - Weitzel Lock - Emptied of Water:
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Sault St. Marie, MICHIGAN - Weitzel Lock - Emptied of Water: The Soo Locks (sometimes spelled Sault Locks but pronounced \"soo\") are a set of parallel locks, operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. They are located on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. They bypass the rapids of the river, where the water falls 21 ft (6.4 m). The locks pass an average of 10,000 ships per year, despite being closed during the winter from January through March, when ice shuts down shipping on the Great Lakes. The first federal lock, the Weitzel Lock, was built in 1881 and was replaced by the MacArthur Lock in 1943. The configuration consists of two parallel lock chambers, each running east to west. Starting at the Michigan shoreline and moving north toward Ontario, these are:- The MacArthur Lock, built in 1943. It is 800 ft (240 m) long, 80 ft (24 m) wide, and 29.5 ft (9.0 m) deep. This is large enough to handle ocean-going vessels (\"salties\") that must also pass through the smaller locks in the Welland Canal. The first vessel through was the SS Carl D. Bradley.- The Poe Lock, built in 1896. The first vessel to pass through was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug USS Hancock. The original Poe Lock was engineered by Orlando Poe and, at 800 ft (240 m) long and 100 ft (30 m) wide, was the largest in the world when completed in 1896. The lock was re-built in 1968 to accommodate larger ships, after the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened and made passage of such ships possible to the Great Lakes. It is now 1,200 ft (370 m) long, 110 ft (34 m) wide, and 32 ft (9.8 m) deep.[9] It can take ships carrying 72,000 short tons (65,000 t) of cargo. The Poe is the only lock that can handle the large lake freighters used on the Upper Lakes. The first passage after the rebuild was by the Phillip R. Clarke in 1969.A new lock is under construction and is slated to be completed by 2030. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Rozio & Co. Philadelphia. No. 657. Germany.