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Show WORLD'S LARGEST GATES Tlw Canadian government Is spend Ing a sum equal to doublo the cost of tho original Welland cnnal in reconstructing re-constructing tho waterway. The old canal had 2S locks, each 270 feet long; the, new ono will havo seven locks, ich S80 feet In length. Each will have a lift of 4G 1-2 feet, making a total llfo of 325 1-2 feet in tho full length of tho cnnal. Tho gates will bo of the slnglo loat pattern, only ona gato being rcqulr-I rcqulr-I ed nt each end of the lock. At Panama Pan-ama tho lock gates mitre, two gates being required nt each end ot a lock The Panama gates weight 750 tons each. Tho Wolland canal gates of structural steel will weigh, 1100 tons each. They will not Btand squarely across to channel, but will slant into tho opposite wall, tho length of tho gate being three foot more than tho width of tho canal. Tho lower gates will bo 85 feet high, 90 feet long and 10 test thick. A better understanding of theso dimensions di-mensions may bo had by tho statement state-ment tlmt each gato will bo about tho height of nn eight story building, build-ing, nnd tho thickness will provldo a drlvowny for automobiles and for other vehicles ob well as foot passengers, pas-sengers, Tho lower gates of tho Wolland canal nra said to bo tho largeSi ami heaviest In tho world. Wall Stree' Journal. |