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Lock Slouce-Gate Cranks
These winches are used to lift slouce gates in the lock.
Trent Severn Waterway fast facts:
Total length: 386 kilometres (210 miles)
Number of locks 45, including 36 conventional, 2 flight locks and 1 marine railway
Open for navigation from May to October
Man made channels 32 kilometres (20 miles)
Number of swing bridges 39
Water Depth (under normal conditions) Locks 1- 19 2.4 metres (8 feet) Locks 20 45 1.8 metres (6 feet)
Lowest Bridge Clearance 6.7 metres (22 feet)
Smallest lock # 45 at Port Severn 25.5 metres (84 feet) long by 7 metres (23 feet) wide.
Highest Navigatable point 256.3 metres (841 feet) above sea level at Balsam Lake.
Travel time (one way) 5 7 days
From Rural Ontario