Canadian engineer . St. Lawrence at Montreal, had just been physical features of the locality, the trade situation, andthe position as a point of interchange between ocean and in-land vessels was recognized. The city of Montreal was fast becoming a commercialand manufacturing centre, and the situation for warehousesand trade was excellent. From 10 feet in 1850, the channel had been deepened in18S8 to 27 J4 feet at ordinary low water, over a length ofriver requiring dredging of about 50 miles, the work beingcarried on departmentally by the Harbor Commissioners ofMontreal. In 1888 the
Canadian engineer . St. Lawrence at Montreal, had just been physical features of the locality, the trade situation, andthe position as a point of interchange between ocean and in-land vessels was recognized. The city of Montreal was fast becoming a commercialand manufacturing centre, and the situation for warehousesand trade was excellent. From 10 feet in 1850, the channel had been deepened in18S8 to 27 J4 feet at ordinary low water, over a length ofriver requiring dredging of about 50 miles, the work beingcarried on departmentally by the Harbor Commissioners ofMontreal. In 1888 the Government of Canada, recognizing the as the national route of Canada, assumed the debtincurred with respect to the channel and opened the waterwayfree to the shipping of the world. The government, in 1899, undertook the task of deepen-ing the channel about four feet to obtain a depth of 30 feet PLAN OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE Harbour of Montreal SHOWING STEAh FACILITIES « EXTENSIONS IN PROGRESS \. \k J^CI Plan of Central Division, IVlontreal Harbor. Eastward was the mighty St. Lawrence, with its cleanwater and permanent river bed, passing through Lake and on 160 miles to Quebec, and 8cx) miles farther tothe Atlantic Ocean. Navigation to Quebec was an accomplished fact for allclasses of ocean vessels, but at Lake St. Peter, half way upto Montreal, there was only a depth of 10 feet at low water. The River St. Lawrence Ship Channel.—Commencingmodestly, as it would be considered at the present time, buton right lines, the Montreal far-seeing business men under-took to construct a harbor and to deepen the channel throughLake St. Peter. Their lessons were gained from the successes in takingnavigation up the Clyde, which, before being improved, hadbeen a shallow stream, but with the deepening of the riverhad resulted in creating the port of Glasgow. Dredging on the St. Lawrence commenced in 1850. Theplant was designed and the machinery made in Scotland. o
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