Sauga89
Active Member
That is in no way related to the 407 Missing link. I'd suggest starting a Great Lakes shipping thread.The dimensions of the Seaway were built to match those of the Welland Canal.
That said, the Welland Canal locks are themselves a bit of an economization as I understand it. They were built to be half the width of the rest of the canal. And there's no reason I think beyond cost why the St Lawrence locks couldn't have been built bigger than the Welland locks, even if just for Lake Ontario traffic. I'm not saying it would have been worth the cost, but they could have done it.
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