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| Preparing to get a lift up! |
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| Peterborough Lift Lock |
7/12 Friday
We went through 7 locks today, only traveling 10 miles and it took us 6 hours! We went through the world's highest lift lock. It is an engineering marvel that was completed in 1904. There are two chambers side by side, with one in the up position and one in the down position, each weighing 1300 tons. Imagine 2 giant bathtubs! We entered into the lower chamber and tied up to the wall. There were three other boats in the chamber with us. Then an additional foot of water is added to the upper chamber making it heavier by 130 tons. Then a valve is opened, and the heavier upper chamber descends forcing the lower chamber up 65 feet! We were all pretty astounded to suddenly be lifted up 65 feet. The gates opened and we were on the other side! Everyone was taking pictures.
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| View from the top! |
We pulled into a small marina around 4:30 in a little town called Lakeview. It has a great, well stocked Market where we resupplied. Our "lock buddies" came over for a drink and we talked about the day and our plans for the next few days. It was a lot of fun.
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