Ocean i ships will soil lor inland when St. Lawrence Seaway is completed. Project callsfo^uildin^o^7
foot channel with canals ond locks at International Rapids section of St. Lawrence River, shown in circle.
Norwegion ship, "Hada County," makes her way underneath Vic
toria Bridge at Montreal. Large cargo ships will be able to sail far
inland and dock at Great Lakes ports when seaway is completed.
Lock-matter of Cornwall he* auldod thousand* of Canal boat*
through tho 1 4- foot lock* ot Cornwall, rtownlooks forward to
tpooalng ocoan ship* through tho lock* of a dooponod Soaway.
The united 5tat?? :s now ready to join Canoda
in building the St. Lawrence Seaway. The
project will take six years and will enable large
ocean-going ships to sail from the Atlantic as
far inland as Toledo, Ohio, by going up the St.
Lawrence River to inland ports on the Great
Lakes. It is estimated the job will take about
six years. There is talk about extending the
ocean channel all the way to Duluth, Minn., at
the end of Lake Superior, but this will require
further Congressional action.
The joint project calls for the widening and
deepening of existing canals, the building of new
canals, dams and locks. The United States will
provide 105 million dollars for construction of
two canals, three locks and related installations
in the 46-mile-long International Rapids section
near Massena, N.Y., where a navigation bottle
neck now exists. Canada will supply an esti
mated 200 million as her shore of the costs.
The proposed seaway is considered vital to
North American defense and prosperity. Canada's
rich iron deposits of ore fh Labrador will have a
ready market in Midwest steel mills, now served
by the dwindling resources of the Mesabi range
in Minnesota. Cargo vessels laden with grains,
oil and other products of the West and Midwest
will move with ease to ports on the Eastern
seaboard and to countries abroad.
The St. Lawrence and Great Lakes waterway,
as it exists today, is pictured here.
Wei land Canal, be- t '
tween Lake On- I '
tario and Lake J
Erie, it one of
the most im
portant links in
the. 2,4500-m i le
chain of lakes,
canals and rivers
comprising the St.
Lawrence Seaway.
Ship* owotf turn t? pats through lock* abova Cam
wall. Daapaning of the ??o*oy will do away with
traffic bottlenecks in St. LawranM canals
Q* Superior, ot tW Hood of flw Grtft Lokot, tHo Lokoton, on oro carrier, loaded it
pushed out by turn from tho Mo* obi or? dock* of Dwluth, Minn. Ocoon chonnol to pormit dtop
c*r?" snipping all tho way to Duluth moy bo oxtondod* but thi? it o projoct for fho futvro.
Twrbalent Long Sou It Rapid* M St. Lawrence international Rapids area Mil
be dammed to permit construction of vdst electric power plant. This if Mp
oroto projact being undertaken by New York State and provinc* of Ontario.
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