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Art database - Browsing Subjects - 'Ships' (19 found) Mark  1. Title  Ann and Jane, first ship to clear the first Welland Canal at Chippawa Creator  Breton, Carol Description  Location Chippawa Creek on the Welland River Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 18 Date  1977/01/01 2. Title  British Soldiers Crossing the Upper Niagara River during the Winter Campaign Against Buffalo - War of 1812 Creator  Campbell, Donna Marie Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 90 3. Title  The bulk freighter "CANADA MARQUIS" approaching the flight locks of the fourth Welland Canal at Thorold, 1984. Creator  Akkerman, Anton (Tony) Type  Still Image Medium  Colour print Description  "CANADA MARQUIS," a bulk freighter built in 1983 in Glasgow, Scotland for Misener Transportation of St. Catharines, Ontario, has a cargo capacity of about 25,000 tons. The huge carrier, entering Lock 4, is 730 feet long and squared off at the stern to maximize the amount of ship that can fit into the 80-foot by 800-foot long locks. In fact, the canal is officially named the Welland Ship Canal because it can handle ocean-going ships. The surge tank in the background is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway Welland Canal hydro generating station. Date  1984 4. Title  Chippawa Creek Creator  Campbell, Donna Marie Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 98 Date  ca 1900 (original)   ca 1975 (reproduction) 5. Title  Chippawa Creek and King's Bridge Creator  Campbell, Donna Marie Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 99 Date  ca 1790 (original)   ca 1975 (reproduction) 6. Title  Fort Niagara from the Canadian shore Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC Date  ca 1784   ca 1975 (reproduction) 7. Title  Hamilton Landing Queenston Creator  Breton, Carol Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 33 Date  ca 1975 8. Title  Hamilton Wharf Queenston Creator  Breton, Carol Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 33 Date  ca 1975 9. Title  Lake schooner "YORK" locking through the first Welland Canal at Port Dalhousie, circa 1840. Creator  Akkerman, Anton (Tony) Type  Still Image Medium  Colour print Description  The "YORK" was a typical schooner that plied the Great Lakes carrying about 165 tons of supplies from Montreal or Toronto to settlements along the upper lakes. On the return trip, the schooners would carry grain, wood, or other raw materials. The original Welland Canal had 40 wooden locks, operated by lock-tenders. Tow-boys, driving teams of horses, would pull the vessels through the canal system. The first locks measured 22 feet wide by 110 feet long, considerably smaller than today's locks. In the right background sits the lock-tender's cabin. Date  1984. 10. Title  Montresor's Tramway at foot of Escarpment, east bank of Niagara River Creator  Breton, Carol Description  haulage system designed to transport goods up the slope at Lewiston NY ; Type  Still Image Medium  Watercolour Call Number  WC 42a Date  ca 1975   ca 1760

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