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During this event, visitors are able to get close enough to touch ships passing through the two regularly operating locks. Other than on that day, because the locks are United States Federal property under command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, unauthorized personnel and civilians are restricted from the locks under threat of fines or imprisonment for trespassing.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, operates the Soo Locks Visitors Center and viewing deck for the public. On the last Friday of every June, the public is allowed to go behind the security fence and cross the lock gates of the U.S. Soo Locks for the annual Engineers Day Open House.
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A new lock is under construction and is slated to be completed by 2030. Groundbreaking for the new lock project was held on June 30, 2009. The lock will be equal in size to the Poe Lock and will provide much needed additional capacity for the large lake freighters. The new lock replaces two locks
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to disrupt British trade. Currently, a single small lock is operated on the Canadian side of the Soo. Opened in 1895, it was rebuilt in 1987, and is 77 m (253 ft) long, 15.4 m (51 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) deep. The Canadian lock is used for recreational and tour
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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. 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
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was discovered on Lake Superior. The lock consisted of two chambers back-to-back to bridge the difference in water level. This lock was 350 ft (110 m) long, 60 ft (18 m) wide, and 12 ft (3.7 m) deep. The State Lock was replaced by the original Poe
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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
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The U.S. locks form part of a 1.6 mi (2.6 km) canal formally named the St. Marys Falls Canal. The entire canal, including the locks, is owned and maintained by the
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between the United States and Canada permits vehicular traffic to pass over the locks. A railroad bridge crosses the St. Marys River just upstream of the highway bridge.
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The configuration consists of two parallel lock chambers.Starting at the Michigan shoreline and moving north toward Ontario, these are:
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The first lock to be built in the St. Marys River was on the Canadian side in 1798 by the Northwest Fur Company to facilitate the
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North of the new lock is an additional channel with a small hydroelectric plant, which provides electricity for the lock complex.
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Aerial view of the Soo Locks. View is looking east, with Canada on the left and the United States on the right
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Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Chippewa County, Michigan
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used on the Upper Lakes. The first passage after the rebuild was by the
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Saint Marys Falls Ship Canal (Soo Locks Historic District, Soo Canals)
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Chippewa County, Michigan
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Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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view of the American locks NOTE: This Connection is Untrusted
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United States Army Corp of Engineers Detroit District website
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The last ship of the 2013 season passes through the Poe Lock
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The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as
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Great Lakes Basin Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Program
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Orlando M. Poe: Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer
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United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border
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Buildings and structures in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
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HD video of a ship passing through the MacArthur Lock
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Navigational structures in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
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The first locks were opened in 1855. Along with the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Soo canal
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Michigan State Historic Site

Soo Locks is located in Michigan
Soo Locks is located in the United States
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
46°30′12″N 84°21′00″W / 46.50333°N 84.35000°W / 46.50333; -84.35000
66000394
locks
United States Army Corps of Engineers
ships
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
St. Marys River
Lake Huron
Upper Peninsula
U.S. state
Michigan
Canadian province
Ontario
in Ontario
in Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
Erie Canal
National Historic Landmark
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Welland Canal
SS Carl D. Bradley

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