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The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as Soo) with the two cities named Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario and in Michigan, located on either side of the St. Marys River. The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the United States and Canada permits vehicular traffic to pass over the locks. A railroad bridge crosses the St ...
This dock is 75 feet (23 m) high, 1,200 feet (370 m) long and has 200 pockets, with a total capacity of 50,000 tons of ore pellets. By 1929, more than one and one half times the combined yearly tonnage of the Panama and Suez canals passed through the Soo Locks. The dock is still in use today. Activity also continued in Marquette's Lower Harbor.
The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals that enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the rapids of the St. Marys ...
Nov. 30—SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Soo Locks' MacArthur Lock will close for the season on Dec. 17 and remain closed until April 24 for safety inspections and maintenance, the U.S. Army ...
Brendan Wiesner, Sault Ste. Marie News August 9, 2024 at 9:52 AM On Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, U.S. Senator Gary Peters oversaw the construction of the New Lock project in person.
The Tower of History (originally the Tower of Missionaries) is a 210-foot (64 m) observation tower in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Located at 326 E. Portage Avenue, [ 1 ] it was the tallest observation tower in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when completed in 1968.
The lighthouses are generally located at the edge of the group of islands, as beacons to guide shipping through and around the islands. The need for guidance increased in 1855 when the Soo Locks opened, connecting Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence Seaway to the east.
Parlor-Observation: Soo Line: Platform observation. Originally café-parlor observation. 6 axle. Built by Barney & Smith in 1914. [51] 1001: ELS: Coach: Wisconsin and Southern Railroad: Ex Amtrak, nee UP. 1082: ELS: Pullman-Observation: Reserve Mining railroad, [52] ex GN 1082, nee "Dolly Madison". Not marked 1082 externally. 1100: ELS: Parlor ...